RE: [boost] Re: Metaprogramming VC++ - more of Loki ported

From: Paul A. Bristow (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-03 07:34:23

I agree that work on VC6 is misplaced and
that any work should be with VC 7 (beta).

Any company that can't/wont't move is unlikely/unable to
use these very interesting developments anyway.

Paul

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: williamkempf_at_[hidden] [mailto:williamkempf_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 3:01 PM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [boost] Re: Metaprogramming VC++ - more of Loki ported
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> --- In boost_at_y..., "Andrei Alexandrescu" <andrewalex_at_h...> wrote:
> > Great stuff, Mat.
> >
> > > 3. Solicit help in porting more of Loki and other metaprogramming
> > >    libraries. Is anyone else interested in helping to bring these
> > >    libraries to VC?
> >
> > You may want to get in touch with Jonathan H Lundquist. He ported
> the whole
> > Loki to MSVC 6, something that I didn't even think possible, and
> MSVC
> > portability would be very important in the process of proposing
> Loki to
> > boost.
>
> I question the wisdom, however, of putting much effort into porting
> to VC++ 6.  VC++ 7 will be released in about 3 months and many of the
> work arounds needed for 6 will no longer be needed since 7 is more
> compliant and has a LOT fewer bugs.  There's still going to need to
> be some work arounds with 7, to be sure, but porting should be much
> easier.  Maybe the effort should be on porting to the 7 beta for
> now?  (And I mean this for documenting how to port any library as
> well as for attempts to port Loki.)
>
> Bill Kempf
>
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