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"Paul A. Bristow"
-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Edward Diener Sent: 15 July 2014 15:48 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [clang] Using clang in Windows
On 7/15/2014 5:01 AM, Paul A. Bristow wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Edward Diener Sent: 14 July 2014 22:08 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [clang] Using clang in Windows
On 7/14/2014 1:35 PM, Paul A. Bristow wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Edward Diener Sent: 14 July 2014 08:06 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: [boost] [clang] Using clang in Windows
Just a note to everybody about using clang in Windows
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Perhaps we have to wait for Microsoft to produce an (presumably) optional 'correct' pre-processor?
I recall some post about this related to one of the Boost developers talking to Herb Sutter about the non-standard VC++ preprocessor and getting a verbal promise that Microsoft would finally produce a standard conforming C++ preprocessor for VC++. But I believe that Microsoft has made similar "noises" in that direction over the years and nothing has ever happened so I am not sanguine about it happening anytime soon.
Can we produce any collective Boost wish to help this to happen?
My suggestion has been to identify (or create) the issues on connect that call out the non-conformant behavior and have the entire community vote them up and comment on them. Most open issues against the compiler or the IDE have one or two votes. It's easy to disregard these as having minimal impact on the user base. Even if it was only *library authors* that upvoted these issues on connect, they would stand out significantly. If lots of boost/C++ users upvoted them, then it would stand out in a huge way. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline The Computer Graphics Museum http://computergraphicsmuseum.org The Terminals Wiki http://terminals.classiccmp.org Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com