Re: [boost] boost.test regression or behavior change (was Re: Boost.lockfree)

Subject: Re: [boost] boost.test regression or behavior change (was Re: Boost.lockfree)
From: Brian Wood (woodbrian77_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-04 16:19:49

Bjorn Reese writes

>On 10/04/2015 12:18 PM, Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
>
>> Sooner rather than later we should have this discussion and setup
timeline.
>> IMO it had very little sense to continue to maintain c++03 workarounds.
>> Boost code should be an example how modern c++ libraries should look
like.
>> And c++03 compatibility is directly in a way of this goal.
>
> You appear to have missed the many discussions on this topic.
>
> While Boost started out to design cutting-edge libraries, it has been
> caught by its own success. Today there is a large user-base that still
> uses C++03, and that are unlikely to upgrade in the foreseeable future.
>
> Therefore, the current consensus is that existing libraries should not
> increase their standards requirements. New libraries are free to decide
> their standards requirements (although it will probably be questioned
> during a formal review.)
>

Support for that is dwindling as more projects adopt  2011
or newer versions of C++.

I understand Gennadiy and Raffi's desire to discuss this issue
again.  C++ 2011 is required to use my software.  That decision
was also based on limited resources and the belief that C++ 2011
had some helpful things for on line code generation.  If I had
more resources, I could support C++ 2003,  but at this point
I'm happy to not have to support that.  As time goes on, more
people are using C++ 2011 or newer.

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Brian
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