Re: [boost] quince: queries in C++ expressions

Subject: Re: [boost] quince: queries in C++ expressions
From: Mostafa (mostafa_working_away_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-07-16 00:14:38

On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:27:07 -0700, Michael Shepanski  
<mps_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 16/07/2014 10:23 AM, Mostafa wrote:
>>
>> Can this library be used with C++03? I recall sqlpp11 being a C++11 only
>> library with the author explicitly stating that he won't invest effort
>> into backporting it. So this could possibly be another difference
>> vis-a-vis sqlpp11.
>
> Quince, and the application code that uses it, need a C++11 compiler,  
> and a pretty new one too: see  
> http://quince-lib.com/preparation/prerequisites.html#preparation.prerequisites.a_good_c_compiler  
> . On the other hand there is no requirement on users to learn any C++11  
> features. You can access all of quince's features by writing C++03 code,  
> and feeding it to your late-model C++11 compiler.
>
> --- Michael

Thanks. It would help if that was explicitly mentioned in the  
documentation. (g++ by default uses C++03.) Out of curiosity, does the  
library *need* to be written in C++11, and, if so, why?