Re: [boost] stdint.h

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-09-26 08:21:52

At 07:50 AM 9/26/2000 -0400, John Maddock wrote:

 >>I'm certainly willing to put config.hpp code for C++ compilers on HP-UX.
 >>
 >>But I'd like to do it properly by testing for the specific C++ compiler
 >>version, and defining all the applicable BOOST_ names so that as much
 >boost
 >>code as possible will work on that platform.
 >
 >Unless I'm reading it wrong, this is not a compiler issue: the compiler
 >(gcc2.95) is already dealt with, its the libraries available on that
 >platform that cause the issue - so it really is just a case of adding an
 >#if hpux section separate from the compiler configuration.

I think it is actually a compiler, library, and operating system 
issue.  There are several compilers available under HP-UX.  GCC and HP's 
own, for example.

So you are correct that it isn't just a compiler issue since GCC, for 
example, is available on other systems.  But it isn't just a OS issue 
either; not all compilers or libraries for HP-UX necessarily use HP's 
__inttypes.h header.  Messy, for sure.

That's why I don't want to put code in config.hpp unless it has been 
checked by someone on the actual system involved.

--Beman