Re: [boost] Re: Testing with various compilers [was operators.hpp ...]

From: Mark Rodgers (mark.rodgers_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-20 14:42:51

Question: what are you testing - just that it compiles or that it 
works?  I guess just compilation at this stage, which is definitely
useful and OK for internal use, but might not be sufficient for a 
public web page.  

For example, call_traits reduces to a completely hobbled version 
if no partial specialisation is available.  So while it might 
compile on such a platform, it's of very limited use, and I 
wouldn't like to see any table published saying these platforms 
were supported.

Which leads me to the next question: should I have followed 
call_traits's lead and made functional.hpp compile with MSVC even
though the result is little or no better than the standard
adapters?

Mark