Subject: Re: [boost] [config][mpl][type_traits][integer] BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT should use constexpr
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-04-21 11:45:53
>I'm not against this radical alternative, and I even like it. I don't know
>which compilers need the enum workaround and if Boost should support them.
The list seems to be:
VC7 and earlier
Vacpp 5.02 and earlier (currently 11.1)
Sunpro 5.6 and earlier.
MPW all versions?
>What I want is just that integral_constant use them so that all the traits
>in Boost conforms to the C++11 standard.
Out of curiosity, can you detect the difference? What can you do with
constexpr values that you can't with static const ones?
John.