Re: [boost] [contract] concepts: pseudo-signatures vs. usage patterns

Subject: Re: [boost] [contract] concepts: pseudo-signatures vs. usage patterns
From: Lorenzo Caminiti (lorcaminiti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-14 13:32:13

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:18 AM, Matt Calabrese <rivorus_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Lorenzo Caminiti <lorcaminiti_at_[hidden]>wrote:
>
>> Well, that simplifies things :) but it removes a large set of users :(
>>
>
> If you are really interested in this, you can try building the tests with
> MSVC. Commit any changes you want if you can come up with work-arounds, as
> long as you don't break GCC or Clang support in the process. If you decide
> to try this, it may help to follow the instructions for enabling
> preprocessed headers, which will likely avoid a plethora of preprocessor
> issues : http://generic.nfshost.com/generic/getting_started.html
>
> I haven't even bothered attempting to build with MSVC, so it will likely
> not be fun.

Yeah, from what you say it sound like MSVC is not currently supported
but it should be possible to support it. I think if we were to release
the lib in Boost, we should definitely try hard to support MSVC (but
such an effort could even follow the lib Boost review and approval,
IMO).

Thanks,
--Lorenzo