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: Rune Lund Olesen (rune.olesen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-05 05:16:21

But would you still be spending time on changing the code for the sake
of removing MSVC6 ?

+1 * -1 = -1

It might be more productive to get rid of the MSVC6 when you are
changing the code anyways for another reason.

So I guess it would be helpfull if boost made some sort of "vision
statement" for which compilers boost are aiming to support in new
development (and to a lesser extent which compilers are _not_
supportet in future, and which compilers are not aimed to get
supportet but still could work)

Rune

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Louis Lavery <Louis_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 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.
>
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