Re: [boost] VC++ 7.0 Challenge

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-08-22 07:43:39

At 12:47 PM 7/27/2000 -0400, Beman Dawes wrote:

 >The library contributors at www.boost.org have been tormented by VC++ 
6.0,
 >particularly the lack of partial template specialization. So there is a 
lot
 >of interest in 7.0 (or whatever MS is calling it!)
 >
 >I would appreciate it if any readers with the pre-beta could try to 
compile
 >and run the program below, and let me know what happens.  It works fine 
on
 >Borland and Metrowerks compilers, but of course fails to compile on VC++
 >6.0 sp3.

Thanks to the two boost members who responded privately; both ran tests 
showing that the VC++ 7.0 pre-beta does not include support for partial 
specialization.

I've had an email exchange with a MS VC++ product manager, who confirms 
that they have no plans to improve ISO compliance in 7.0.  So any 
improvements are several years away at best.

I guess that means boost should stick with 6.0 as our VC++ test 
compiler.  Doesn't seem to be any reason to pay for the cost of an upgrade.

--Beman