Re: [boost] [VC++ 14.0 preview] New failures in develop regression tests

Subject: Re: [boost] [VC++ 14.0 preview] New failures in develop regression tests
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-11-17 13:46:07

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Stephan T. Lavavej <
> stl_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> [Beman Dawes]
>> > If it is a Microsoft problem, consider submitting a bug report and
>> posting
>> > a notice on the Boost list so that other developers are aware of the
>> > problem. Also post a link to the bug report on
>> https://connect.microsoft.com
>> > Knowing the Microsoft Connect URL for the bug report lets other
>> boosters up
>> > vote the importance of the issue. This is known to have at least some
>> > influence on the priority given the bug report, and that means faster
>> fixes
>> > for the bugs boosters care about.
>>
>> It would also be a good idea to mention Boost in the title.  I can bring
>> especially important bugs to the compiler team's attention.
>>
>> [Rene Rivera]
>> > Not sure if it's a Microsoft problem or not.. But the compiler version
>> > reported is 13.0.22310. Is that correct for what they are calling v14?
>>
>> 2015's product version is 14 (skipping 13) and its compiler version is 19
>> (incrementing normally).
>>
>
> OK..
>
> Can you reproduce this manually?
>
>
> I can't, since I don't personally have VS (or a Windows machine that is
> recent enough to install it).
>
>
>> I can report this if you can tell me which command prompt (e.g. x64
>> native) plus a self-contained test case (e.g. inspecting _MSC_FULL_VER)
>> mentions "13".
>>
>
> It uses _MSC_VER for the major and minor numbers <
> https://github.com/boostorg/predef/blob/develop/include/boost/predef/compiler/visualc.h#L51>.
> Did "_MSC_VER" stop being incremented?
>

Hm.. actually NM. I see what's going on. Because of the skipped product
version, without skipping the compiler version, the formula no longer
works. I guess I need to write a special case for >= 19. (PITA)

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