on Wed Sep 26 2012, Paul Mensonides <pmenso57-AT-comcast.net> wrote:
Right, and what will change that sad fact? Attempting to workaround forever isn't working. Similarly, is the whole world supposed to not use variadic templates because VC++ doesn't implement them? At least that's likely to change, but a line needs to be drawn. It is one thing for a workaround to be an implementation detail. It is another when it affects the interface. In the latter case, IMO, the best thing to do is provide the interface that *should* exist and either not support the compilers that don't work or provide some clunkier interface for those compilers. Doing else cripples technological advancement.
I'll mention again that I think we should accept some libraries that won't work on broken compilers (like Chaos). "Boost works on this compiler" is an important selling point. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing Software Development Training http://www.boostpro.com Clang/LLVM/EDG Compilers C++ Boost