Re: [boost] [Release 1.34] Supported Compilers

From: AlisdairM (alisdair.meredith_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-31 03:47:54

Russell Hind wrote:

> Can't people still working with this just use 1.33.x version of
> boost?  That won't suddenly stop working.  The same goes for the
> other compilers in the list. And yes, we use Borland 5.6.4 and so
> we've just been proposed to be dropped, but given that some libraries
> already have stopped supporting it, such as ublas, spirit (that ships
> with boost) and it was also mentioned a while back that the new
> filesystem lib won't, the we have trouble moving forward because we
> make use of these libraries.

Note that the big difference between Borland and the other compilers is
that they are a static target - 'just use Boost 1.33.1' is therefore
good advice.

Borland is still a moving target.  The IS no supported version of boost
for the current compiler, and if support is dropped now there will
never be one.

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AlisdairM