Re: Boost website changes and .'cxxstd'

From: Donovan Dikaio (dndikaio_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-12-25 02:29:03

Sorry, just missed the link: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/

On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 10:10 AM Donovan Dikaio <dndikaio_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I can look into it. But needs to make the requirements clear.
>
> So, the task is to show *C++ standard minimum level: C++nn* for Standard
> attribute for each lib in this page: C++ standard minimum level: C++nn ?
> And we could replace nn with the actual number by checking the *cxxstd* key
> in a library's meta info json file.
>
> Please let me know if I got it right.
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 10:00 AM Louis Tatta <louis_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Edward Diener via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
>> Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 7:39 PM
>> Subject: [boost] Boost website changes and .'cxxstd'
>> To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
>> CC: Edward Diener <eldiener_at_[hidden]>
>>
>>
>> Even though I have worked a little with PHP in the past I do not have
>> the talent to make the change to the website which would incorporate the
>> addition of the meta information json field 'cxxstd' to the Boost
>> documentation web page for each library. The idea is that if 'cxxstd' is
>> set to a value the documentation for that library would also show:
>>
>> C++ standard minimum level: C++nn
>>
>> where nn would be 11, 14, 17, or 20 depending on the value of 'cxxstd'.
>> Alternatively if there is no 'cxxstd' entry for a library or if the
>> value of 'cxxstd' is '03', we could either specify 'nn' as '03' or leave
>> off the line stating the 'C++ standard minimum level completely.
>>
>> On the face of it this should be doable in the website code but
>> evidently Daniel James is the only one who really understands how this
>> works in the code and he is no longer active in Boost. So if someone
>> else who understands the website code and PHP could do this it would be
>> appreciated, since I think it will be valuable telling end-users whether
>> a Boost library is usable at the C++ compiler level they are using.
>>
>>
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