On 25 September 2013 14:20, Stephen Kelly
It is not clear what compilers define __BORLANDC__. According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2BBuilder#Version_history
0x6xx may have been released in 2002. Bump the requirement to 0x610, as most of the ifdefs in boost are < 600. The strange part is that boost config issues an unconditional error if > 0x613, and yet parts of boost check for version 0x620 (boost::bind) and 0x630. This compiler may be untested for a long time.
The Borland compiler versions aren't the same as the C++ Builder versions, Version 6 of the compiler is a lot later. I had an email (this morning) from someone who's still using 5.93. Later versions are handled by the Codegear config file, which is why that error is never triggered. Whichever way, I don't think we should make these changes until after the next release, they can't be merged to release until then, and it's a problem to have significant changes in trunk and release in core libraries.