Re: [boost] [config] Changes needed for VC++ 2015 Update 3?

Subject: Re: [boost] [config] Changes needed for VC++ 2015 Update 3?
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-06-08 10:30:20

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Peter Dimov <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Beman Dawes wrote:
>
> Update 3 supports standards versioning switches similarly to gcc, clang,
>> and other compilers.  We probably want to update Boost.Config accordingly.
>>
>> See
>>
>> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2016/06/07/standards-version-switches-in-the-compiler/
>>
>
> I'm not sure that this is a positive development.
>
> Does the compiler provide a way to detect the mode it's in?
>

I don't know, but there are already comments on their blog (including from
me) asking for that. I ping them to make sure lack of that would be a
showstopper for Boost to make use of this.

--Beman