[pooma-dev] [RFC] Removing workarounds for pre-ISO C++ compilers

[Richard Guenther]

Jeffrey D. Oldham wrote:
> Richard Guenther wrote:
> 
>> Would there be any objections to the removal of the workarounds for 
>> pre-ISO C++ compilers like
>>
>> Pretty much any up-to-date compiler handles these correctly today.  
>> Also not all such uses are guarded by the workarounds and I lack a 
>> dumb enough compiler to check their correct usage.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Richard.
> 
> 
> There are still a lot of gcc 2.95 and related compilers in use today.  I 
> prefer to leave them but let them rot unless there is a compelling 
> reason to remove them now.

I see.  I'd remove them only to unclutter the source and maybe increase 
maintainability if formally stating we require an ISO conformant 
compiler.  Oh - we do so already:

<quote README>
This version incorporates other minor source code changes to support
compilation using g++ version 3.1 and some improvements to POOMA
Fields.  Compilation using g++ version 2.96 is no longer supported.
g++ version 3.1 is freely available at http://gcc.gnu.org/.  POOMA has
also been tested using KAI C++ 4.0e.
</quote>

Richard.