Re:C++17 and its Technical Specifications
by sseagull on Thursday March 03, 2016 @01:57PM
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>Probably as many millions of lines the C++ standard will use, since its based on boost::filesystem.
Not necessarily. A lot of boost contains workarounds for compilers that don't support certain features. Since the standard library will be expected to be used with a known compiler (or at least a new-ish compiler), it doesn't need workarounds for missing C++11 support, etc.
Not necessarily. A lot of boost contains workarounds for compilers that don't support certain features. Since the standard library will be expected to be used with a known compiler (or at least a new-ish compiler), it doesn't need workarounds for missing C++11 support, etc.