Re: [boost] Removing old config macro and increasing compiler requirements.

Subject: Re: [boost] Removing old config macro and increasing compiler requirements.
From: Stephen Kelly (steveire_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-08-04 04:22:02

On 08/03/2013 11:03 PM, Dave Abrahams wrote:
> on Mon Jul 29 2013, Stephen Kelly <steveire-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>> My preference is increasing the compiler requirement, because that may open
>> up more similar opportunities for reducing dependencies and
>> interdependencies throughout boost.
>>
>> Grepping indicates that that means increasing the compiler requirements to
>> something like __DMC__ > 0x840, 
> I'd be shocked if any version of that compiler worked with any
> substantial fraction of the Boost codebase.

Ok, then the patch I posted which was specific to that compiler should
be fine.

>> GCC > 3.2, BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION > 500, VC++ > 7.0.
> +1

What do you think about increasing the compiler requirement much more,
as I wrote in another mail?

Thanks,

Steve.