Re: [boost] c++03 library survey

Subject: Re: [boost] c++03 library survey
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-08-29 14:59:31

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 6:37 AM Mike Dev via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

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> - Which library/ies are you maintaining? (I assume this isn't some
>   sort of private information - otherwise ignore the question)
>

Boost Predef (and Boost Build, but that's not a library)

> - Would you like to unconditionally use c++11 features if you would
>   not have to worry about this breaking boost internal users?
>

No.

> - Would you like to unconditionally use c++11 features if you would
>   not have to worry about this breaking any users?
>

No.

- Would you deprecate your library completely if there were no
>   boost-internal users and your current dependencies required
>   c++11 (e.g. because your library has been merged into the c++11
>   standard library anyway)
>

No.

- Are you yourself using any boost library (in an up-to-date version)
>   in a c++03, non-boost project?
>

No.

- Do you have any Idea if the latest versions of your library is
>   used by any important/significant number of c++02 projects?
>   [It is only important if *you* consider those projects important
>    and or the number significant]
>

Yes. It's used by many Boost libraries (directly and indirectly). And it's
used by a variety of external projects. I don't know what versions of C++
they use though. Especially since Predef supports C++ < 98, and C, and
Objective C, and Objective C++, and CUDA.

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Yes, I realize this is an outlier data point. But it is data :-)

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