Re: [boost] [utility][thread] result_of - erroneous result type from a C++11 lambda

Subject: Re: [boost] [utility][thread] result_of - erroneous result type from a C++11 lambda
From: Klaim - Joël Lamotte (mjklaim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-06-17 15:33:28

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Daniel Walker <daniel.j.walker_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE is automatically defined when
> BOOST_NO_CXX11_DECLTYPE_N3276 is not defined; i.e. it's only enabled by
> default when the compiler has fairly complete decltype support including
> N3276. As of Boost 1.53.0, it appears this is not the case for any version
> of Visual Studio. (See boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp starting at line
> 224 for unsupported features.) I don't know if there's been any progress on
> that front from Microsoft, but as soon as N3276 is enabled in Boost's
> compiler config file, result_of will use decltype by default for that
> compiler.
>

Would it be unrealistic to fallback on std::result_of for VS2012 versions
only?
It would fix most result_of bugs in Boost caused on this plateform.

Joel Lamotte