Re: [boost] [signals] msvc-6.5 failures

From: Moshe Matitya (Moshe.Matitya_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-04 04:02:06

Bo Persson wrote:
> 
> Moshe Matitya wrote:
> > Vladimir Prus wrote:
> >>
> >> There are four failures of the signals library on 
> msvc-6.5, like this 
> >> ...
> >
> > Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is MSVC 6.5?  I see 
> that there 
> > is a column for it in the regression test tables, but I don't know 
> > what it refers to.  I am not aware of any compiler release from 
> > Microsoft with this number.  These are all the C++ compiler 
> releases 
> > from Microsoft since 1998, as far as I know:
> >
> > Release     IDE                         Compiler        Internal
> > _MSC_VER
> > Year        Name                        version         version
> > value
> > -------     ----                        --------        --------
> > --------
> > 1998        Visual Studio 6.0           Visual C++ 6.0  12.0
> > 1200 2002        Visual Studio .NET          Visual C++ 7.0  13.0
> > 1300 2003        Visual Studio .NET 2003     Visual C++ 7.1  13.1
> > 1310 2005        Visual Studio 2005          Visual C++ 8.0  14.0
> > 1400
> >
> > When was there a release called 6.5?
> 
> No there was not. It is just a common name for VC 6.0 with 5 
> Service Packs added.

This is not an advisable convention to use.  It should be referred to
explicitly as MSVC 6.0 SP5.  Otherwise, there is no way to distinguish
between point releases and service packs.  For example, how would one
understand, "MSVC 7.1"?  This might mean compiler version 7.1 (i.e.,
Visual Studio .NET 2003), or it might mean compiler version 7.0 (the one
from 2002) with service pack 1.

While we're on the subject:  Why are we testing Boost on MSVC 6.0 with
SP5?  The most up-to-date service pack for that compiler is SP6.

Moshe