Re: [boost] C++03 / C++11 compatibility question for compiled libraries

On February 19, 2018 1:28:04 PM EST, Olaf van der Spek via Boost wrote:

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 7:21 PM, Steven Watanabe via Boost wrote:

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On 02/19/2018 11:10 AM, Groke, Paul via Boost wrote:

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-----Original Message----- Care to tell me what that "common understanding" is ? <snip>

My naive understanding of dropping support for C++03 would be to stop putting any effort into making new stuff compatible with C++03 or into keeping existing stuff compatible with C++03.

To whom does this apply? Boost as a whole has no policy requiring this in the first place.

Raffi started this thread with some questions concerning C++03 and C++11.. in Boost.Test. No C++03 supported was less than ideal according to some people.

I would think a Boost.Test 2, that includes breaking changes, would be easiest. So long as the original keeps working, existing libraries can be considered supported. Once testing no longer works, a library should be considered unsupported. That means Boost.Test 2 can use newer language constructs and library features with near impunity, and the original can remain as it is today. -- Rob (Sent from my portable computation device.)