-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Emil Dotchevski Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 5:44 PM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] Official warnings policy?
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> wrote:
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Paul A. Bristow and disabling Microsoft language extensions Disable MS extensions = Yes, command line option /Za "
Stephan Lavavej from Microsoft told me that that this option triggers known bugs in the compiler. He strongly recommends to stay away from it.
Sounds like spreading FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) to me. I have modified common.js to change the default to disable MS extensions (and use M4) for all my projects (unless it becomes clear that they require MS stuff - like Boost.Filesystem) and I've not seen any problems - apart from mostly spurious warnings :-( Paul --- Paul A. Bristow Prizet Farmhouse Kendal, UK LA8 8AB +44 1539 561830, mobile +44 7714330204 pbristow@hetp.u-net.com