Re: [win-pv-devel] Request to add back support for VS2012

[Andreas Kinzler <hfp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Paul,

VS 2015 added the new compiler optimizer in Update 3 so I would also 
consider it buggy. VS2013 should be safe too but AFAIK VS2013 was never 
as widely used as VS2012 - that is why I would recommend to stay with 
VS2012.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/compiler-improvements-in-vs-2015-update-3-rc/

Regards Andreas

On 23.04.2019 10:14, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: win-pv-devel [mailto:win-pv-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
> > Of Andreas Kinzler
> > Sent: 19 April 2019 11:52
> > To: win-pv-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [win-pv-devel] Request to add back support for VS2012
> >
> > Hallo Paul + Owen,
> >
> > please add back support for VS2012. If you google for "visual studio
> > 2017 code generation bug" you'll find an overwhelming number of reports
> > that talk about severe code generation (invalid code) problems. This is
> > due to a new optimizer (see
> > https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/author/gratilupms/). VS2012 has
> > the old mature compiler.
> But AFAIK it is well out of support. Does VS2015 not work for you?
>
>    Paul
>
> > You can also take a look at the release notes of VS2017 and you'll find
> > a lot of code generation bugs listed there too.
> >
> > Regards Andreas
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