At 04:43 PM 9/30/2004, Reece Dunn wrote:
Hi All,
In my post on the "vc8.0 toolset (bjam)" thread, I commented that VC8 also warns when using the str[n]xxx APIs, because MS declares them deprecated. There are several issues here:
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Thoughts? Comments?
The C committee is working on a Security TR which will incorporate a number of these new functions. See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1055.pdf, but be warned that this is a draft document and subject to change. The C++ committee has indicated an interest in a similar TR for C++, based on incorporating the C committee's Security TR plus a relatively small number of additions covering issues specific to C++. So presumably Boost will want to transition to these new functions on a toolset-by-toolset basis as they become available. We might want to talk about providing our own implementation of some or all of these functions to speed transition. Regardless, we need a plan. --Beman