Re: [boost] [iostreams][vc8]deprecetedstandardlibrarymemberfunctions; fatal linker error

From: Keith MacDonald (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-02 14:56:35

I was thinking of the build of the entire library, when it would look more 
professional if all these warnings were suppressed.  If headers contain 
calls to the deprecated functions, the Boost developers will have to decide 
on a policy for the library release, and document it.  My vote would be to 
leave it up to the end user to define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE, as their 
company policy may be to disallow use of such software, so they need to be 
aware of it.

- Keith MacDonald

"Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:da6gkn$324$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> Keith MacDonald wrote:
>
>>> I dont think defining _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE in a header is
>>> acceptable.
>>
>> I also agree. This should be defined in the bjam config file for
>> TOOLS=vc-8_0, as I said earlier.
>
> This will only help end users who build their applications with bjam. 
> Also, a
> user may want to enable the deprecation warnings, because some of them may 
> be
> useful.
>
>> Is that David Abraham's area of
>> responsibility?
>
> I think it's the responsibility of whoever volunteers, but I'm not sure 
> it's a
> good idea.
>
>> - Keith MacDonald
>
> Jonathan