Re: [boost] Proposal: BOOST_NO_TEMPLATED_STREAMS config macro and helpers

From: John Maddock (jm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-27 05:30:23

> In adding output streaming support for variant, I've realized the
> standard library packaged with gcc 2.9.7 and below does not support the
> templated stream classes. I've also realized that Boost.Tuple features a
> workaround addressing this same problem, with a comment to add a defect
> macro to boost/config.hpp in the future.
>
> Therefore, I think the time to add BOOST_NO_TEMPLATED_STREAMS is now.

Out of interest - what's wrong with BOOST_NO_STD_LOCALE ? (If there is no
<locale> then there is no new style iostreams either).

John.