diff --git a/doc/html/boost_config/boost_macro_reference.html b/doc/html/boost_config/boost_macro_reference.html
index 544d399a..7b391ff2 100644
--- a/doc/html/boost_config/boost_macro_reference.html
+++ b/doc/html/boost_config/boost_macro_reference.html
@@ -392,24 +392,6 @@
BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ORDERING
diff --git a/doc/macro_reference.qbk b/doc/macro_reference.qbk
index 76a6a967..4133fa6f 100644
--- a/doc/macro_reference.qbk
+++ b/doc/macro_reference.qbk
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ indeed doing so may be impossible in some cases. Those libraries that do
honor this will typically abort if a critical error occurs - you have been
warned!
]]
-[[`BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS`][Compiler][
-Can only use deduced template arguments when calling function template
-instantiations.
-]]
[[`BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ORDERING`][Compiler][
The compiler does not perform function template ordering or its function
template ordering is incorrect.
diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/digitalmars.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/digitalmars.hpp
index 589ca663..7de6adb1 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/digitalmars.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/digitalmars.hpp
@@ -11,15 +11,7 @@
#define BOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG
#define BOOST_HAS_PRAGMA_ONCE
-#if (__DMC__ <= 0x833)
-#define BOOST_FUNCTION_SCOPE_USING_DECLARATION_BREAKS_ADL
-#define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_TEMPLATES
-#define BOOST_NEEDS_TOKEN_PASTING_OP_FOR_TOKENS_JUXTAPOSING
-#define BOOST_NO_ARRAY_TYPE_SPECIALIZATIONS
-#define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
-#endif
-#if (__DMC__ <= 0x840) || !defined(BOOST_STRICT_CONFIG)
-#define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
+#if !defined(BOOST_STRICT_CONFIG)
#define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS
#define BOOST_NO_OPERATORS_IN_NAMESPACE
#define BOOST_NO_UNREACHABLE_RETURN_DETECTION
@@ -30,11 +22,9 @@
//
// has macros:
-#if (__DMC__ >= 0x840)
#define BOOST_HAS_DIRENT_H
#define BOOST_HAS_STDINT_H
#define BOOST_HAS_WINTHREADS
-#endif
#if (__DMC__ >= 0x847)
#define BOOST_HAS_EXPM1
@@ -91,11 +81,7 @@
#define BOOST_NO_CXX11_TRAILING_RESULT_TYPES
#define BOOST_NO_CXX11_INLINE_NAMESPACES
-#if (__DMC__ < 0x812)
-#define BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
-#endif
-
-#if __DMC__ < 0x800
+#if (__DMC__ <= 0x840)
#error "Compiler not supported or configured - please reconfigure"
#endif
//
diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp
index 311f7f64..2e9fbd47 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp
@@ -20,51 +20,12 @@
#define BOOST_GCC (__GNUC__ * 10000 + __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 + __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
#endif
-#if __GNUC__ < 3
-# if __GNUC_MINOR__ == 91
- // egcs 1.1 won't parse shared_ptr.hpp without this:
-# define BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR
-# endif
-# if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 95
- //
- // Prior to gcc 2.95 member templates only partly
- // work - define BOOST_MSVC6_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
- // instead since inline member templates mostly work.
- //
-# define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
-# if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9
-# define BOOST_MSVC6_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
-# endif
-# endif
-
-# if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 96
-# define BOOST_NO_SFINAE
-# endif
-
-# if __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 97
-# define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS
-# define BOOST_NO_OPERATORS_IN_NAMESPACE
-# endif
-
-# define BOOST_NO_USING_DECLARATION_OVERLOADS_FROM_TYPENAME_BASE
-# define BOOST_FUNCTION_SCOPE_USING_DECLARATION_BREAKS_ADL
-# define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
-# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_EXTERN_TEMPLATE
-// Variadic macros do not exist for gcc versions before 3.0
-# define BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_MACROS
-#elif __GNUC__ == 3
+#if __GNUC__ == 3
# if defined (__PATHSCALE__)
# define BOOST_NO_TWO_PHASE_NAME_LOOKUP
# define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
# endif
- //
- // gcc-3.x problems:
- //
- // Bug specific to gcc 3.1 and 3.2:
- //
-# if ((__GNUC_MINOR__ == 1) || (__GNUC_MINOR__ == 2))
-# define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
-# endif
+
# if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 4
# define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
# endif
@@ -119,9 +80,7 @@
//
// gcc implements the named return value optimization since version 3.1
//
-#if __GNUC__ > 3 || ( __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1 )
#define BOOST_HAS_NRVO
-#endif
// Branch prediction hints
#define BOOST_LIKELY(x) __builtin_expect(x, 1)
@@ -283,8 +242,8 @@
#endif
// versions check:
-// we don't know gcc prior to version 2.90:
-#if (__GNUC__ == 2) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 90)
+// we don't know gcc prior to version 3.30:
+#if (__GNUC__ < 3) || (__GNUC__ == 3 && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 3))
# error "Compiler not configured - please reconfigure"
#endif
//
diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
index 6e0ff738..faf6cbfe 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@
# define BOOST_INTEL_LINUX BOOST_INTEL
#endif
-#if (BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION <= 500) && defined(_MSC_VER)
-# define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
-# define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_TEMPLATES
-#endif
-
#if (BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION <= 600)
# if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER <= 1300) // added check for <= VC 7 (Peter Dimov)
@@ -164,8 +159,8 @@ template<> struct assert_intrinsic_wchar_t {};
//
// versions check:
-// we don't support Intel prior to version 5.0:
-#if BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION < 500
+// we don't support Intel prior to version 6.0:
+#if BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION < 600
# error "Compiler not supported or configured - please reconfigure"
#endif
diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
index 11587f74..db8b7d7b 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
@@ -34,70 +34,18 @@
// Attempt to suppress VC6 warnings about the length of decorated names (obsolete):
#pragma warning( disable : 4503 ) // warning: decorated name length exceeded
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1020
-# define BOOST_HAS_PRAGMA_ONCE
-#endif
+#define BOOST_HAS_PRAGMA_ONCE
//
// versions check:
-// we don't support Visual C++ prior to version 6:
-#if _MSC_VER < 1200
+// we don't support Visual C++ prior to version 7.1:
+#if _MSC_VER < 1310
# error "Compiler not supported or configured - please reconfigure"
#endif
-#if _MSC_VER < 1300 // 1200 == VC++ 6.0, 1200-1202 == eVC++4
-# pragma warning( disable : 4786 ) // ident trunc to '255' chars in debug info
-# define BOOST_NO_DEPENDENT_TYPES_IN_TEMPLATE_VALUE_PARAMETERS
-# define BOOST_NO_VOID_RETURNS
-# define BOOST_NO_EXCEPTION_STD_NAMESPACE
-
-# if _MSC_VER == 1202
-# define BOOST_NO_STD_TYPEINFO
-# endif
-
-#endif
-
/// Visual Studio has no fenv.h
#define BOOST_NO_FENV_H
-#if (_MSC_VER < 1310) // 130X == VC++ 7.0
-
-# if !defined(_MSC_EXTENSIONS) && !defined(BOOST_NO_DEPENDENT_TYPES_IN_TEMPLATE_VALUE_PARAMETERS) // VC7 bug with /Za
-# define BOOST_NO_DEPENDENT_TYPES_IN_TEMPLATE_VALUE_PARAMETERS
-# endif
-
-# define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
-# define BOOST_NO_INCLASS_MEMBER_INITIALIZATION
-# define BOOST_NO_PRIVATE_IN_AGGREGATE
-# define BOOST_NO_ARGUMENT_DEPENDENT_LOOKUP
-# define BOOST_NO_INTEGRAL_INT64_T
-# define BOOST_NO_DEDUCED_TYPENAME
-# define BOOST_NO_USING_DECLARATION_OVERLOADS_FROM_TYPENAME_BASE
-
-// VC++ 6/7 has member templates but they have numerous problems including
-// cases of silent failure, so for safety we define:
-# define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
-// For VC++ experts wishing to attempt workarounds, we define:
-# define BOOST_MSVC6_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
-
-# define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS
-# define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
-# define BOOST_NO_CV_VOID_SPECIALIZATIONS
-# define BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ORDERING
-# define BOOST_NO_USING_TEMPLATE
-# define BOOST_NO_SWPRINTF
-# define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_TEMPLATES
-# define BOOST_NO_SFINAE
-# define BOOST_NO_POINTER_TO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS
-# define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
-# define BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TYPE_SPECIALIZATIONS
-// TODO: what version is meant here? Have there really been any fixes in cl 12.01 (as e.g. shipped with eVC4)?
-# if (_MSC_VER >= 1300)
-# define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_FUNCTION_SPECIALIZATIONS
-# endif
-
-#endif
-
#if _MSC_VER < 1400
// although a conforming signature for swprint exists in VC7.1
// it appears not to actually work:
@@ -161,10 +109,8 @@
//
// __int64 support:
//
-#if (_MSC_VER >= 1200)
-# define BOOST_HAS_MS_INT64
-#endif
-#if (_MSC_VER >= 1310) && (defined(_MSC_EXTENSIONS) || (_MSC_VER >= 1400))
+#define BOOST_HAS_MS_INT64
+#if defined(_MSC_EXTENSIONS) || (_MSC_VER >= 1400)
# define BOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG
#else
# define BOOST_NO_LONG_LONG
@@ -268,11 +214,7 @@
// were shipped with freely downloadable SDKs, others as crosscompilers in eVC.
// IOW, you can't use these 'versions' in any sensible way. Sorry.
# if defined(UNDER_CE)
-# if _MSC_VER < 1200
- // Note: these are so far off, they are not really supported
-# elif _MSC_VER < 1300 // eVC++ 4 comes with 1200-1202
-# define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION evc4.0
-# elif _MSC_VER < 1400
+# if _MSC_VER < 1400
// Note: I'm not aware of any CE compiler with version 13xx
# if defined(BOOST_ASSERT_CONFIG)
# error "Unknown EVC++ compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results"
@@ -295,11 +237,11 @@
# endif
# endif
# else
-# if _MSC_VER < 1200
- // Note: these are so far off, they are not really supported
+# if _MSC_VER < 1310
+ // Note: Versions up to 7.0 aren't supported.
# define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION 5.0
# elif _MSC_VER < 1300
-# define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION 6.0
+# define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION 6.0
# elif _MSC_VER < 1310
# define BOOST_COMPILER_VERSION 7.0
# elif _MSC_VER < 1400
diff --git a/include/boost/config/suffix.hpp b/include/boost/config/suffix.hpp
index 1d9cec61..c55579ea 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/suffix.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/suffix.hpp
@@ -503,69 +503,8 @@ namespace boost{
#endif
// BOOST_[APPEND_]EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_[NON_]TYPE macros --------------------------//
-//
-// Some compilers have problems with function templates whose template
-// parameters don't appear in the function parameter list (basically
-// they just link one instantiation of the template in the final
-// executable). These macros provide a uniform way to cope with the
-// problem with no effects on the calling syntax.
-// Example:
-//
-// #include
-// #include
-// #include
-//
-// template
-// void f() { std::cout << n << ' '; }
-//
-// template
-// void g() { std::cout << typeid(T).name() << ' '; }
-//
-// int main() {
-// f<1>();
-// f<2>();
-//
-// g();
-// g();
-// }
-//
-// With VC++ 6.0 the output is:
-//
-// 2 2 double double
-//
-// To fix it, write
-//
-// template
-// void f(BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_NON_TYPE(int, n)) { ... }
-//
-// template
-// void g(BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE(T)) { ... }
-//
-
-
-#if defined(BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS) && defined(__cplusplus)
-
-# include "boost/type.hpp"
-# include "boost/non_type.hpp"
-
-# define BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE(t) boost::type* = 0
-# define BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE_SPEC(t) boost::type*
-# define BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_NON_TYPE(t, v) boost::non_type* = 0
-# define BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_NON_TYPE_SPEC(t, v) boost::non_type*
-
-# define BOOST_APPEND_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE(t) \
- , BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE(t)
-# define BOOST_APPEND_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE_SPEC(t) \
- , BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE_SPEC(t)
-# define BOOST_APPEND_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_NON_TYPE(t, v) \
- , BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_NON_TYPE(t, v)
-# define BOOST_APPEND_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_NON_TYPE_SPEC(t, v) \
- , BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_NON_TYPE_SPEC(t, v)
-
-#else
-
-// no workaround needed: expand to nothing
+// These macros are obsolete. Port away and remove.
# define BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE(t)
# define BOOST_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_TYPE_SPEC(t)
@@ -577,9 +516,6 @@ namespace boost{
# define BOOST_APPEND_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_NON_TYPE(t, v)
# define BOOST_APPEND_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_NON_TYPE_SPEC(t, v)
-
-#endif // defined BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
-
// When BOOST_NO_STD_TYPEINFO is defined, we can just import
// the global definition into std namespace:
#if defined(BOOST_NO_STD_TYPEINFO) && defined(__cplusplus)
|