Jan Stetka wrote:
Hi,
What compiler and library combination were you using when it failed? The regression tests (follow the links on the main page) are useful for seeing which compilers pass and fail particular test cases. Some of the libraries include in the documentation what compilers they support.
The combinations which failed were Wave and Program_Options with VC6. I am not sanguine about using VC6, knowing what a poor compiler it is in terms of C++ standardization but I am forced to at least for some programs in a consulting job I am doing. I do not think regression test results are a valid way to say what compilers are supported for a library. Many of the regression tests do not even occur for particular compilers, and there are many testers doing tests, some using a particular compiler for particular libraries and others not using a particular compiler. The regression tests results appear very random, not in their actual results buit in whom is doing testing with what. Many libraries do not bother to say anything in their documentation about what compilers are supported. Boost really needs a table which specifically says, for any given release in the future, which compilers are supported for which libraries. Anything short of that is confusing and will cause end user problems.
Edward Diener wrote:
Is there any central place in the Boost documentation which tells, for any given release, or even just for the latest release, which compilers are supported by a given library ?
I ask this because attempting to build a particular library in Boost 1.33.1 for a particular compiler failed, and I could see no place where I could determine whether that Boost library was actually meant to support the particular compiler or not in the 1.33.1 implementation.