On 5 August 2013 23:19, Sergey Cheban wrote:
05.08.2013 23:29, Jonathan Wakely пишет:
Ok, what about dropping the antique C++03? Do you know the current users' demands? I don't, really. So, I think that it would be interesting to see the survey results anyway.
C++03 is not an antique, it's one version before the current standard. Noone is suggesting only supporting the current version of compilers.
1. C++03 is exactly as old as Visual Studio 2003 is.
What makes age in years the right measurement? C++03 is ten years old but one standard old. VS2003 is 10 years old but something like five versions old. What part of "it's one version before the current standard" wasn't clear?
2. I was not asking you about your opinion. I was asking about your _knowledge_ of user demands.
I already stated it at the top of the thread.
Well, the user demands is not the only reason for the Boost community decisions. But it is important. Other reasons are: - code clearness - ease of development - runtime performance - ability to test the Boost libraries with the compiler
PS. What would you say if the survey showed that nobody really needs the C++03 to be supported? I think that such results are possible in the not-so-distant future.
Then by all means consider removing it, but until you have numbers that's a strawman.