Re: [boost] Re: Testing with various compilers [was operators.hpp ...]

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-18 14:47:57

I have written the first draft of a GNU bash script to test compilers 
against the boost libraries.  It automatically generates an HTML 
table.  For a very tentative example, see 
http://www.egroups.com/files/boost/Members+Only/compiler_status.htm

Don't take the results seriously; I am still debugging the script.

I could use some help with these compilers:

   GNU GCC 2.95.2
   Metrowerks Codewarrior 5.3
   Borland C++Builder 4
   Borland C++ 5.5

What command line should be used to invoke the compiler?  For example, for 
VC++ 6.0 I am using:

cl /nologo /MLd /W3 /GR /GX /Zi /Od /I "\boost\site" /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" 
/D "_MBCS" /D "_CONSOLE" $1$2

Where $1$2 gets replaced by the filename with path. "\boost\site" is where 
the boost libraries live on my machine.

The second question for each compiler is what standard library to test 
with?  For VC++ I am testing both the vendor's library and STLport, since 
both are widely used with that compiler.  I need advise on the others; 
Metrowerks for example supplies an excellent library so I'm not sure if it 
is worth testing  that compiler with STLport.  I'm always confused by 
library choices for the GNU compiler in particular.

Third question for each compiler is how do you tell if a compilation has 
errors?  For VC++ I am grepping the output for "error" for lack of a better 
way.

Once the script is running fairly reliably, I will post it so others can 
take it and modify it for other operating systems.  The idea is that one or 
two people will try out new releases for various operating systems, and 
email the generated table for me to add to the site.

Comments appreciated!

--Beman