Re: [Boost-users] Users! Who'd like to wave goodbye to #ifdef BOOST_MSVC6_* workarounds?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Users! Who'd like to wave goodbye to #ifdef BOOST_MSVC6_* workarounds?
From: John Dlugosz (JDlugosz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-04 11:48:05

> I find that the dead stuff obscures and distracts from the relevant
> stuff and sometimes makes it a little harder to figure out what's going
> on. Troubleshooting some of these type system errors leaves me with
> little brainpower to spare!
> 
> If the code doesn't get a little spring cleaning once in a while, the
> dead wood will just builds up more and more over time. A codebase as
> big
> as Boost could probably have a ongoing minor project for dusting and
> vacuuming. Heck, maybe there's some magic preprocessor that can do much
> of it automatically.
> 
> Of course, if anyone has a real objection (perhaps unlikely at this
> point) they can share it here.
> 
> Let's collect simple "+1"s from the user community on this thread and
> then ask nicely on the dev list.
> 

I agree.  Maintainers of old code who need to make a patch will be working with the existing versions and will not about to update a major library!

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