dw schreef op za 20-07-2013 om 02:07 [-0700]:

> 
> An argument could be made that we have broken backward compatibility
> and it's our responsibility to fix it.  On the other hand, one could
> say they are using our library incorrectly (by not including any of
> our headers), and the fact that it worked at all was a fluke and
> inconsistent with the MSDN docs.
> 

I would say we have to mimic the MSVC behavior as close as possible.
This bring us to the question whether boost can be compiled successfully
for x86_64 using MSVC. If the upstream boost devs have added workarounds
for mingw-specific toolchain bugs we could try to persuade them to drop
or loosen these workarounds.

Regards,

Erik van Pienbroek




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