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Subject: Re: [boost] [EXTERNAL] [graph] Sync develop with master?
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-08-10 16:44:21


On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Murray Cumming <murrayc_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> But this is a general Boost issue, I guess, and I don't know of any
> guidelines.

The general guideline is that what is supported as far as compilers and C++
standard is up to the individual authors.

> I think Boost has to drop support for older compilers at
> some point so the Boost code can move forward with clean code.

We've dropped various compilers over the years. But compiler support is
mostly orthogonal to C++ standard support. Since you can have a modern
compiler and still use an older C++ standard.

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