Re: [boost] old_numeric_cast and Borland 5.6.4

From: Fernando Cacciola (fernando_cacciola_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-27 16:11:41

David Abrahams wrote:
> "Fernando Cacciola" <fernando_cacciola_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> "AlisdairM" <alisdair.meredith_at_[hidden]> escribió en el
>> mensaje news:d9pfcd$pc8$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
>>> Fernando Cacciola wrote:
>>>
>>>> [SNIPPED]
>>>> Isn't 0x564 the version macro number for this compiler?
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> That is the correct version number, but shouldn't the test be
>>>
>>> BOOST_WORKAROUND( __BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT( 0x564) )
>>>
>> IIUC that produces the workaround to be activated even for earlier
>> versions of the Borland compiler,
>> but 5.5.1 in particular handles the code very well (in fact, I
>> developed the library in that compiler).
>
> Really?  How sad for Borland!
>
Indeed!
I've been using Borland compilers since Turbo C 1.0 but because of the 
lastest versions I ended up switching to Visual (7.1).

> Well,
>
>   BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, > 0x551)
>   && BOOST_WORKAROUND( __BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT( 0x564) )
>
> Looks like what you need, then.
>
Ya, that's it.

Txs

Fernando Cacciola
SciSoft