Re: [Threads-devel] STDCALL builds and Visual Studio 7.1

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-12 13:44:18

Jeff Idol <jeffidolh_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I recently changed my boost install to build everything in STDCALL
> by changing the compile flags.  This worked well for all of the
> other libraries except for python and thread.
>
> I did some quick checking, and it appears that there are some
> windows specific C functions in thread that are required to be
> compiled CDECL because of windows thread function syntax.  While
> most of the functions have been correctly prototyped and defined,
> there seem to be several that are still not setup properly.  I have
> been able to compile them by just explicitly putting the proper
> CDECL statements in the functions.
>
> So my question really is, has anyone else noticed this issue, and
> are there any plans to fix it?

If you care about Boost.Python you should search the C++sig ML
archives for the issue because it *has* been discussed in the past
year.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com