Re: [Spirit-general] Re: [boost] spirt not supported on msvc 7 and other issues

From: Giovanni Bajo (giovannibajo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-17 15:12:50

Joel de Guzman wrote:

>> Hi Joel,
>> I didn't see you directly answer this: could boost/spirit and
>> boost/spirit.1.6 co-exist in boost 1.31?
>
> Possible? I wouldn't say no. However, there are lots of things that
> should be put into consideration.

I think it's simply not worth the trouble. The serialization library could
simply restrict XML usage to users with new compilers. Users that want to use
XML *and* don't want to upgrade (shame, etc.) can be taught to download Spirit
1.6.0 from the website. My 2c.

Giovanni Bajo