Re: VC6 + Dinkumware fixes OK for basic STL usage?

From:

Ulrich Eckhardt <eckhardt@satorlaser.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.stl

Date:

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:15:32 +0100

Message-ID:

<525254-bhu.ln1@satorlaser.homedns.org>

MrAsm wrote:

I'd like to know if VC6's (with SP6) STL implementation + Dinkumware's
STL fixes (published on their web site) are OK for *basic* STL usage
(i.e. simply using std:: vector, string, map classes and find() and
sort() functions).

Since the compiler is lacking in terms of template memberfunctions, several
interesting features are simply not available.

I'm not going to use advanced STL or C++ meta-programming or Boost
(I'm aware that to use them I should at least upgrade to VC7.1 or
VC8).

What is "advanced STL"? In fact, the C++ standard doesn't even mention the
term "STL"! Now, as far as TMP is concerned, this is rather a tool for
library writers than users, but even a standardlibrary implementation
benefits from a compiler that can do it and thus indirectly the user
benefits. Lastly, concerning Boost, any serious C++ programmer should not
solely rely on the C++ standardlibrary, there are simply too many missing
features that are too convenient in everyday use. Also, VC6 is still
supported in the latest version of Boost, so that is not a point against
it.

I would not go back to VC6 unless there are really good reasons.

Uli