Re: Boost website changes and .'cxxstd'

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-12-25 05:33:43

On 12/24/2020 9:29 PM, Donovan Dikaio via Boost wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 10:29 AM Donovan Dikaio <dndikaio_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>> Sorry, just missed the link: https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/

The 'Standard' mnemonic based on the 'std' meta file json field has 
nothing to do with the new 'cxxstd' meta file json field.

>>
>> 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 works in the code and he is no longer active in Boost.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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