On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Alexis Menard > > > > Actually, I tested about 2 years ago the Digital Mars C++ compiler. This > > failed nicely and was not able to compile the container classe, and you > were > > aware of this :) > > > > I might be bored again and test if the compiler now works better. Is > anyone > > interested? > > Realistically speaking how many users we are targeting here? >
2, Maybe PI, probably E people :) > Last version was almost 2 years ago. Does it even run on modern > Windows? I'm not even sure its status concerning 64 bits. > > Not even yourself wants to try it again. You even mentioned that you > *tested* it so I believe you don't even ship your app code with this > compiler. > I was between jobs 2 years ago and got bored. That time I started looking also at clang. I did not ship any code compiled using any of those compilers. Back then the compiler I tested did not support for partial templates. I see messages there claiming to support C++0x. Hell, if it works, do you really care adding 2-3 new qmake.specs? So maintaining some stuff just for the sake of it leads to wasted > effort where people could be *more* useful. > You are under the impression that my working on this on my spare time, not paid by anyone will take time from this project. I kindly disagree. > It's in Qt4 the way it is, then it's fine. > > We supported way too long broken and old compilers. > > So, the barrier for Qt5 is a compiler that supports C++0x? Not a bad idea. If we want to build modern applications, on moden operating systems, then modern tools are a must. >From my point of view as a developer - Qt5.0, Qt5.1 will be more or less beta designed for earliy adopters which will have new tools anyway. If by the time Qt5.2 comes there are new compilers witghout C++0x support - they can die cause lack of market. I assume Qt4 will not vanish for the next 2 years, and by then Qt5+C++0x compilers will be more mature and popular, so people still have tools to develop great applications. Yes, Qt4 is great, it actually runs my PC with linux. Again - just my point of view as indipendent developer. Maybe more commercial customers will have different opinions then me. With some luck maybe Qt5 will push the usage of C++0x and leaving legacy compilers.
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