[boost] Re: int_const_guidelines out of date?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-25 12:12:41

Markus Werle <numerical.simulation_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> Markus Werle <numerical.simulation_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>> I am not going to support VC6 anyway, but for Borland ...
>> 
>> I suggest you may have got it backwards.  
>
> My neglection of VC6 has political reasons :-)
>
>> It's *much* harder to get
>> Borland to jump through many template hoops correctly than it is vc6.
>> That's ameliorated somewhat by MPL, but not even all of MPL supports
>> Borland IIUC (lambda exprs).
>
> But then: why support it anyway?

I'm not saying you should (although IMO there are obvious reasons to
do so, which of course may not outweigh the costs for you)

> Considering the retard while designing the racing car
                  ^^^^^^
> makes no sense to me.

Using term in English can be quite offensive to some.  I assume you
didn't mean it that way.

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Dave Abrahams
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