From: c.holmquist@gmail.com
On 15 February 2012 11:26, Olaf van der Spek <ml@vdspek.org> wrote:
In cases where the compiler doesn't support auto? Is it worth the effort? Moving to a compiler that does support auto seems easier.
Where does the 'easier' part come in? It's neither easy and definitely not cheap to move an organization over from one compiler to another, especially not with the MSVC suite. Most companies have enough holes to put time and money into already...
Sorry for jumping on this, but too often on the Boost ML this comes up, someone objects to a c+03 feature because there's a c+11 feature around the corner. Please realize Boost is used outside of the open source community.
Not to mention that some compilers are slower at C++11 adoption at others. For example, even the latest-and-greatest beta version of MSVC (MSVC11) does not support variadic templates. Regards, Nate