Re: [boost] Use constexpr with BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT?

Subject: Re: [boost] Use constexpr with BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT?
From: John Bytheway (jbytheway+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-12 14:44:36

On 12/12/11 12:59, John Maddock wrote:
>> Should BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT be changed to add the C++11 "constexpr"
>> attribute, if it's defined?
>> I guess we would need a preprocessor flag to check if constexpr is
>> available.
> 
> We have a config macro for that, but I don't see what constexp can add
> in this case?

Clearer / earlier compile errors when the expression is not really constant?

Doing the right thing with UDTs, whilst still supporting integer types
on legacy compilers?

John Bytheway