Re: [boost] [config] BOOST_STATIC_CONSTEXPR in C++11 vs C++14

Subject: Re: [boost] [config] BOOST_STATIC_CONSTEXPR in C++11 vs C++14
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-08-23 11:29:48

On 22/08/2017 19:40, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> John Maddock wrote:
>
>> Actually I think it's a lot simpler than this: when it was added, 
>> |BOOST_CONSTEXPR_OR_CONST did what it says, and what it's documented 
>> to do - namely declare something const or constexpr (which implied 
>> const at
> the time).  Subsequently it's been broken by C++14 where constexpr no 
> longer implies const.
>
> I don't think that this is true; constexpr does imply const in C++14 
> for variables. It no longer implies const for member functions, but 
> that's a separate matter.

Ah, I think you're correct - I'd obviously misremembered this - 
apologies for the noise, we can just forget the whole thing!

John.

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