Re: [boost] Re: Boost Library Guidelines

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-30 09:12:44

On Wednesday 30 April 2003 06:30 am, Pavol Droba wrote:
> Most of the new warnings can be easily removed with a static_cast. I don't
> understand, why any boost lib have to generate such a warnings.

<enters grumpy old developer mode>
I agree that it would be great from the user's point of view if all of Boost 
compiled without warnings, but I'm afraid a no-warnings policy will make the 
whack-a-mole game all that much worse. As it stands, some Boost code is 
brittle on certain compilers: tweak in one place, and it breaks a compiler; 
fix for that compiler and you've broken another compiler. 

        Doug