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Subject: Re: just uninstall :)

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 08:10:03 12/16/05

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On December 16, 2005 at 10:33:02, Daniel Mehrmannn wrote:

>On December 16, 2005 at 08:57:06, Tom Likens wrote:
>
>>On December 16, 2005 at 07:32:42, Daniel Mehrmannn wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>i'm trying here currently the new Visual Studio 2005 professional.
>>>I'm shocked about the first compiler results of homer.
>>>It looks like that MS now forcing the users to leave the ANSI way and
>>>using Microsoft special functions instead.
>>>That would be not so stuid if you could disable this stuff.
>>>But there is no other way than editing the SDK files - which is bullshit
>>>(sorry).
>>>
>>>
>>>May i did an error here ?
>>>
>>>Best,
>>>Daniel
>>
>>Hello Daniel,
>>
>>There was actually a bit of an uproar on the net over this recently.
>>The problem is that these functions are *not* deprecated in the C++ standard.
>>The terminology "deprecated" has a specific meaning and wheter a function is
>>deprecated or not is set by the C++ standards committee, *not* Microsoft.
>>I believe Microsoft admitted the snafu and has relented, so future versions
>>of the compiler won't use the word "deprecated" in the warnings.
>>
>>Here's a link with a bit more information:
>>
>>http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=cplusplus&seqNum=259&rl=1
>>
>>regards,
>>--tom
>>
>>P.S. Of course, this doesn't solve your problem--unfortunately, since I don't
>>use this compiler I don't really have an answer for you (sorry).
>
>yeah, that's very interesting. By the offical way you _must_ do some changes in
>your code, if you have trouble you must edit the SDK files.
>I don't like this way and just uninstalled this product and going back to my VC
>6.0 :)

As I wrote in the different message, there is *no need* to modify your code or
headers. All you have to do is to add exactly one compiler flag.

Thanks,
Eugene

>btw there are some more reasons why i did that. For example nerve assistants,
>overloaded buttons and icons und a useless startpage.
>
>Best,
>Daniel



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