Re: [boost] Review: Config system

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-31 10:21:09

At 03:09 PM 8/29/2001, Mark Rodgers wrote:

 >From: "John Maddock" <John_Maddock_at_[hidden]>
 >> I think that's about 2:1 in favour of a more pessimistic approach so 
far
 >> (assuming that future compiler versions have all the defects of the
 >current
 >> version).
 >
 >Well then let me cast a vote for "optimism".
 >
 >If we assume that future versions have all the same defects, how will we
 >know that defects have been fixed?  We'll carry on using the workarounds
 >for ever.
 >I think it is much better to assume the next version is perfect and then
 >let the compiler tell us how what workarounds we need to continue with.

I also vote for "optimism", for the reason Mark gives.

--Beman