[boost] Re: Enhancement config.hpp

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-01-26 14:07:14

At 10:33 PM 1/20/00 +0000, jorg.schaible_at_[hidden] wrote:

>//  Sun Workshop Compiler C++
------------------------------------------------//
>
># elif defined  __SUNPRO_CC
>#    if __SUNPRO_CC <= 0x500
>#      define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATES
>#      define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
>#    endif

Added to config.hpp.  Thanks!

>..
>
>#   if defined BOOST_DECL_EXPORTS
>#     define BOOST_DECL __declspec(dllexport)
>#   else
>#     define BOOST_DECL __declspec(dllimport)
>#   endif
>
>These lines must be repeated for all compilers that support building
DLL's. I am
>not aware of any current (!) compiler that allows to build DLL's
without knowing
>this syntax. Even the gcc for Windows or latest IBM OS/2 compiler
(if I remember
>correctly) support it and either the lines have to be aded for the
gcc too or
>they should be moved out of scope of the compiler specific parts. I
request the
>latter just to "limit the complexity of config.hpp".

Hum... Is that really true?  What about compilers that don't support
building DLL's, or support them but are building from a static
library at the moment?  Shouldn't BOOST_DECL be null in that case?

--Beman