Re: [boost] Which Boost libraries support which compilers/versions

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-29 11:46:03

on Sun Jul 29 2007, Edward Diener <eldiener-AT-tropicsoft.com> wrote:

> I do not think that the situation I have outlined here is good for Boost 
> from the end users perspective. The typical end user, when wanting to 
> use a particular 3rd party library whether of Boost or otherwise, wants 
> to know immediately, before any other action is taken, whether that 
> library supports the compiler/version he is using.
>
> I believe Boost should make it both much easier and always possible to 
> determine whether a particular compiler/version can be used with a 
> particular library in a particular version of Boost without the end user 
> trying to use a library and, if he can not, encountering compiler 
> errors. He may not know, even from compiler errors, whether or not the 
> errors are his own or simply because the compiler is not supported for 
> that library.
>
> This is not a criticism of Boost in general and certainly not the 
> excellent smartptr library, but instead it is an effort to get Boost to 
> create some easier system by which end users can determine whether or 
> not they can use a Boost library in the particular working situation in 
> which they find themselves.

We all know it's a problem, but nobody has yet designed and
implemented a solution.  Perhaps you'd be willing to take up the
charge?

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