Re: [boost] [Config] Big changes in C++0x detection...

Subject: Re: [boost] [Config] Big changes in C++0x detection...
From: Daniel Walker (daniel.j.walker_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-17 13:16:36

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Eric Niebler <eric_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 3/17/2011 11:29 PM, Noah Roberts wrote:
>> On 3/16/2011 1:53 PM, Stephan T. Lavavej wrote:
>>> Please report such bugs through Microsoft Connect instead of suffering
>>> in silence. If they affect you as a Boost developer or Boost user,
>>> please explain that too - it helps us to understand the impact of a bug.
>>>
>>> Obviously we try to find and fix bugs ourselves, but submitting bug
>>> reports helps us help you. :->
>>
>> I tried that route as have several others.  Official response was, "We
>> know, suck it."
> <snip>
>
> Haha! And hear hear! Stephan, I frequently file bugs through the Connect
> website. Sometimes I wonder why because almost without exception they're
> closed "Won't Fix".

Ditto. I've had the same experience.

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/571720/c-use-of-member-template-causes-internal-compiler-error

<snip>
> A humble suggestion: issue compiler patches out of band. And if you're
> going to ask people to file bugs, fix them.

+1

Daniel Walker