Re: [Boost-users] Boost: Getting Started on Windows

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost: Getting Started on Windows
From: Andrew Maclean (andrew.amaclean_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-30 18:17:53

Well said. VC6 has had it' s time.

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Marsh Ray <marsh_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 09/27/2010 02:40 AM, Daniel James wrote:
>
>> On 26 September 2010 18:43, Olivier Bertrand<bertrandop_at_[hidden]>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> c:\boost_1_44\boost\config\suffix.hpp(588) : error C2039: 'typeinfo' : is
>>> not a member of '`global namespace''
>>> c:\boost_1_44\boost\config\suffix.hpp(588) : error C2873: 'typeinfo' :
>>> symbol cannot be used in a using-declaration
>>>
>>
>> It looks like this change broke Boost.Config on VC6:
>>
>> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/61434
>>
>> If that's true then very little of Boost 1.44 will work on that
>> compiler, since almost everything depends on the config headers. Is it
>> worth fixing? Something like this was inevitable once testing stopped.
>>
>
> As a long time Boost user (yes, even since the VC6 days) I suggest that
> Boost make an explicit policy change.
>
> Not only should VC6 be deprecated, not supported, and otherwise ignored in
> Boost, but all its vestigial compatibility workaround code should be
> actively ripped out!
>
> It's largely clutter at this point, and these breaks are evidence that it's
> poorly maintained and not used or tested much either. A dangerous breeding
> ground for bugs.
>
> This is when somebody raises their hand and says "But I need VC6 because
> it's the only way I can build something for these military embedded WinCE98
> things we're still contractually obligated to support for another 13 years".
> We should all be very sympathetic, but that application should probably stay
> on the last Boost release that works for them.
>
> Just think how much fun it will be to grep for those VC6 macros and submit
> all those negative-LoC patches!
>
> - Marsh
>
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