[boost] [Attn: John Maddock] Re: New implementation of remove_xxx for vintage compilers

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-26 20:48:55

Eric Niebler wrote:
> Eric Niebler wrote:
> 
>>John Maddock wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Eric, can you and Peder co-operate on getting an improved version up and 
>>>running, and tested with python as requested?
>>>
>>
>>Certainly.
>>
> 
> 
> I haven't forgotten about this. :-) I have been playing with Peder's 
> remove_xxx implementation for vc6 and vc7.0 and the results look really 
> good so far. All the type_traits remove_* tests pass on these compilers 
> with the patch. Also, python builds successfully, and approx 20% faster 
> with the change. (The number seems large to me, I should rerun the tests 
> to be sure.) The python tests also all pass. This is after disabling 
> BOOST_TT_BROKEN_COMPILER_SPEC and using Peder's remove_* implementations.
> 
> I hope to run the full set of Boost's regression tests with the changes 
> and compare with the results from HEAD. But that will have to wait until 
> I get back from OOPSLA.
> 

I've done some more testing, and things continue to look good for the 
remove_xxx traits for vc6.5/7.0. I'd like to commit these improved 
traits soon. John, should I submit a patch, or just commit?

Also, we don't seem to have any test coverage for vc6.5/7.0 against HEAD 
right now. Should I hold off until after 1.33.1 is done?

-- 
Eric Niebler
Boost Consulting
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