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Subject: Re: [boost] A possible date for dropping c++03 support
From: Gavin Lambert (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-08-27 22:39:37


On 28/08/2018 05:59, Edward Diener wrote:
> How many times do you think anyone compiles more than one TU with
> different cxxstd settings ? And how is this ever anything but a user
> error ?

Literally almost every Boost user on Linux does that (unless they
compile Boost from source themselves).

System Boost is typically compiled with default compiler settings, which
could mean C++03 or C++11 (or perhaps C++14) depending on compiler version.

Applications, meanwhile, will often explicitly select an alternate version.


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