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<h1>Old compilers</h1>
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<h2><span class=
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"news-title">Old compilers</span></h2>
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<p><span class=news-date">August 5th, 2013 20:00 GMT</span></p>
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I just sent an email to user list asking if anyone is using old compilers, I'll
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repeat it here:
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Hello all,
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There has been some discussion on the development list about dropping all support
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for old C++ compilers. This will allow us to remove a lot of workarounds and
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simplify the code but before doing so it's a good idea to find out if anyone
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is still using them. Using boost with these compilers will cause a compile
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error in the config library (you can work round that using a custom configuration,
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but it's unlikely you'll be able to get much to work). The currently proposed
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versions for removing support are:
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Digital Mars 8.40 and earlier
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Visual C++ 7.0 and earlier
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GCC 3.2 and earlier
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Intel C++ 5.0 and earlier
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Which is, I think, a very cautious list. There's also a good chance that we
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might want to remove support for Borland C++ 5.x. Is there anyone still using
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those compilers?
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Just to be clear, this doesn't mean we'll be fully supporting all compilers
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later than these. Old compilers such as Visual C++ 7.1 and gcc 3.4 won't have
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a config error and we won't deliberately remove support, but support will be
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patchy. Many libraries (especially new ones) don't support those compilers,
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and we also don't have any formal testing for them, so if a new change breaks
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something, it might not be noticed.
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If you are still using compilers which are a little more recent than the ones
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listed above, it might still be worth mentioning in case we consider removing
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support for them in the future.
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Thanks in advance for any response,
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Daniel James
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<strong>Update:</strong> I had a few responses, but none were
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opposed to this change, so I made it in trunk a little while ago. It should be
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included in the next release.
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There was some concern that we would remove support for later compilers (e.g.
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Visual Studio 2008, aka. Visual C++ 9.0). We have no such plans, this change
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is only for very old compilers. As always support across Boost libraries is not
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uniform, but most library authors do try to support as wide a range of compilers
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as is feasible.
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