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: Louis Lavery (Louis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-05 03:10:53

On 04/10/2010 19:36, Marshall Clow wrote:
> On Oct 4, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Paul A. Bristow wrote:
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-users-
>>> bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of John Maddock
>>> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 9:21 AM
>>> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
>>> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Users! Who'd like to wave goodbye to #ifdef
>>> BOOST_MSVC6_* workarounds?
>>>
>>>> Is there a 'do nothing' option here? Ie., leave the codebase unchanged
>>>> but no longer declare MSVC6 support, and so no longer require authors
>>>> to support it?
>>>
>>> LOL, I suspect that's the current situation ;-)
>>
>> Agree - so let's just leave the code as is (perhaps adding a stronger
>> "you're entirely on your own with VC6" rider?)
>>
>> The risks of removing are not worth the effort.
>>
>
>
> I disagree.

I agree with you.

If it's difficult to remove the MSVC6 specific code then, by definition,
the code is difficult to maintain. It's better to learn from mistakes
than to ignore them, you don't want to repeat them, do you?

Louis.