Is it time to say goodbye to VC6 compiler?

Question

Of late I\'m facing the issues that points finger to VC6 compiler.

Few of them are:

1. A function-try-block doesn\'t work. Related Q
2. in-class constan

Answer 1

I changed from VC++ 6.0 to Code::Blocks (which is FOSS) with g++ a few months ago and haven't really looked back. I miss the VC++ debugger a bit, as the gdb implementation in CB is nowhere near as slick, but that's about all. Some things in the IDE work better (code completion, tooltips, dependancy xalculation) and the compiler is obviously much better.

Regarding your points, function try blocks are hardly a widely used feature, and most people think they are pretty useless. And the __FUNCTION__ macro is not part of the C++ Standard, so you shouldn't depend on it too much if portability is an issue.