[Boost-users] Re: RTTI for VC 6

"Samuel" writes:

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Abrahams" To: Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 6:55 PM Subject: [Boost-users] Re: RTTI for VC 6

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If you want to make a difference, post where those who care and can respond will see it. Or don't, but don't expect results.

The Boost "What to do about Boost bugs" page says to submit "a bug report to either boost-users list, boost mailing list, or our bug tracking facility at SourceForge" and that "either of the mailing lists is a preferred way". Am I correct that this list is the boost-users list?

Yes. The advice is suboptimal, I guess. Not all the developers monitor this list, and your particular suggestion would impact many libraries. It really should be posted where the most developers will be able to read it.

I am not sure whether my suggestion qualifies as a bug

It doesn't, FWIW.

but the Boost page about suggestions has similar instructions.

Results? Am I expecting results? No, I tried to (or should have?) make it clear in my message that I posted the message to help others. I tried to make it clear that I already know the answer; I was posting an answer.

If a person must use a time-consuming procedure to make a simple suggestion, then it is not likely they will. If this applies to bugs also, then the software is more likely to remain buggy.

I took this:

That problem is probably a known problem, but something such as the following can be added somewhere to not allow a VC 6 program to even ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ compile if the RTTI option is off. I think it could make things a little easier for some beginners.

# if !defined(_CPPRTTI) # error "Boost requires use of RTTI" # endif

to be a request that Boost be patched to prevent compilation without RTTI. It didn't seem like a suggestion for beginners to do themselves; after all they can turn on RTTI just as easily. Did I misinterpret your post? -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com