Re: [boost] [C++0x] The cpp0x branch has been merged into trunk

Subject: Re: [boost] [C++0x] The cpp0x branch has been merged into trunk
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-17 10:58:03

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Andrey Semashev
<andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote:
>
>>> The macros went into trunk at revision 51733. I also enabled several 0x
>>> features for VS2010, as the configuration tests seem to pass on CTP
>>> version.
>>
>> Hum... VS2010 changes may not be the best idea yet. My understanding
>> that when the beta ships the C++0x features will almost certainly be
>> different from the set in the CTP release, which was very preliminary.
>> Not to mention changes between beta and release.
>>
>> With Borland/Godegear we held off config changes until the product
>> actually shipped. And that was a good thing as they ended up pulling
>> features at the last minute because of reliability concerns.
>
> Good point, I will disable VC2010 changes for now. This makes me wonder if
> we should enable these features even for the yet to be released GCC?

Judgment call, I guess. Once a compiler gets to the release candidate
stage, it should be pretty safe.

--Beman