Re: Boost website changes and .'cxxstd'

From: Glen Fernandes (glen.fernandes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-01-11 14:39:31

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 9:12 AM Alexander Grund via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> >>
> >> And my remark was that (at least for me) "C++ standard minimum level"
> >> is to long and doesn't fully display on the website leading to "C++
> >> standard minimum lev11" to be shown instead of "C++ standard minimum
> >> level : 11"
> >
> > I am good with changing that. Maybe just "C++ standard minimum". I am
> > worried that if we just specify "C++ standard" or "C++ level" there
> > will be programmers who think that if they see, let's say, "11" that
> > they will not be able to use that library unless they are compiling
> > with exactly C++11. I know that may sound ridiculous, but the less
> > confusion the better.
> "Minimum C++ standard"?

I see that we're explicit about "C++" just in case people interpret it
to mean the standards of the other programming languages we support.

Glen