Re: [boost] ABI issues with -std

Subject: Re: [boost] ABI issues with -std
From: Olaf van der Spek (ml_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-08-20 13:50:39

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 3:39 PM, Peter Dimov via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> degski wrote:
>
>> as no-one in his right mind would compile one bit with C++03 and another
>> bit with C++17 (if you're compiling all from source).
>
>
> Unfortunately, that's exactly what people do, build Boost with the default
> "b2 install" and then use it from C++17.
>
> Admittedly, our build instructions don't mention the cxxstd=17 option.

Documentation is not a solution. ;)

Would it make sense to default to the highest available level?

-- 
Olaf