Re: [boost] [also 1.33.1] VC8 deprecated library functions and impact on boost

From: Cory Nelson (phrosty_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-02 01:42:15

On 11/2/05, Mat Marcus <mat-lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 11/1/05, Stefan Slapeta <stefan_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> > Now, as VC 8 has been released at the MSDN site, there will be more and
> > more users dealing with this compiler who will probably be very much
> > confused about the standard conformity of the boost library. Thus, I
> > suggest to generally set the _SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE macro (which
> > whould suppress those warnings) for this compiler in boost *even for the
> > 1.33.1 release*!! There may be better solutions for future releases, but
> > I think there must be done something now to avoid a lot of user questions!
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >
> I believe that it Microsoft's unilateral decision to define an "unsafe"
> subset of STL algorithms will cause programmer confusion, library
> incomapatibilities and sometimes to inefficient code. Boost should take a
> stand and disable this "feature" in 1.33.1, not just via bjam, but by
> setting _SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE in a boost config file.

I think boost should stay free from politics and let the developer
decide what is best for him.

> - Mat.
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