Re: [boost] Boost on Sun CC without STLPort

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost on Sun CC without STLPort
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-07 11:24:46

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Dean Michael Berris
> <mikhailberis_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Is there any specific reason why Boost isn't tested against Sun CC
>> without STLPort -- aside from the obvious reason that there's nobody
>> running the regression tests on that platform? Is it something
>> inherently wrong in Sun's standard library implementation that's
>> preventing Boost from working properly on the Sun compiler?
>
> It used to be wicked noncompliant, to the point where it was a waste
> of time to even try.  I'm not sure what the status today, though.

It is way better than it used to be.

--Beman