Re: [boost] [C++0x][config] Taking advantage of C++0x features as they become available

From: K. Noel Belcourt (kbelco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-04 18:56:28

On Apr 4, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Beman Dawes wrote:

> In another thread, Doug Gregor wrote:
>> The other issue is that it would be great to test gcc-4.3 in C++0x
>> mode (-std=gnu++0x) as well as C++98 mode. Then we can start taking
>> advantage of some of the 0x features.
> Yes, and some other compilers are also starting to add C++0x features.
>
> Has there been any discussion as to how Boost.Config is going to  
> report
> availability or not of C++0x features? That would seem to be the first
> step in what promises to be a long, winding, but *very* interesting  
> and
> productive path.

As a first step, I setup a nightly build with gcc-4.3.0 with the  
addition of <cxxflags>-std=gnu++0x.  This will run as part of the  
Sandia-gcc nightly testing with the results listed as:

gcc-4.3.0_gnu++0x

Test results for this toolset are already on the trunk developer page.

-- Noel