Re: [boost] Towards a Warning free code policy proposal

Subject: Re: [boost] Towards a Warning free code policy proposal
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-27 13:12:15

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart, Robert" <Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] Towards a Warning free code policy proposal

> 
> vicente.botet wrote:
>>
>> Last year there where two long threads about Boost Warning
>> policy. If I'm not wrong nothing was concluded. I think that
>> we can have two warning policies: one respect to the Boost
>> users and one internal for Boost developement.
> [snip]
> 
> The problem I foresee is that many warnings won't be triggered or useful until templates are instantiated by users with specific types.
> _____
> Rob Stewart                           robert.stewart_at_[hidden]

Yes, you are right. The user wanting to improve Boost could build her/his product defining BOOST_ENABLE_WARNINGS, but s/he can avoid all the Boost warnings by default. This should help some companies having a strict warning policy to adopt Boost.

Vicente