Re: [boost] C++03 / C++11 compatibility question for compiled libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] C++03 / C++11 compatibility question for compiled libraries
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-02-11 08:48:11

On 2/10/2018 10:20 PM, Niall Douglas via Boost wrote:
>>> Moving to using a C++11 compliant compiler is not a big step IMO,
>>
>> It is if you use MSVC because there isn't one yet. :-)
> 
> I've been deliberately adding nothing to this thread ... but this is
> unfair. VS2017.5 implements enough of C++ 14, let alone C++ 11, that
> little code not relying on the correctness of preprocessor would notice
> the deficiencies from the standard. Even two phase lookup mostly seems
> to work now.
> 
> See
> https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vcblog/2017/12/19/c17-progress-in-vs-2017-15-5-and-15-6/,
> where apparently very soon now one will be able to turn on their
> experimental C99 preprocessor implementation which surely will either
> make Edward very happy, or unhappy depending.

If it actually existed, certainly happy rather than unhappy, but it is 
still just Microsoft promises, despite your "very soon".

> 
> Niall
>