Re: [boost] Regression tests on IRIX and Compaq Tru64 Unix

From: Mark D Rintoul (rintoul_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-12-13 10:11:52

Beman Dawes wrote:
> 
> At 03:56 PM 12/12/2000 -0700, Mark D Rintoul wrote:
> 
>  >Jens Maurer wrote:

>  >> Jens Maurer
>  >
>  >      Hmmm...okay, I'll bite.  Why not?  I agree that the source
>  >is already #defined to death, but there is really not a huge number
>  >of places to change this.  I went through and counted them the other
>  >day and I think there was less than 20.  A simple BOOST_STDC_HEADERS
>  >define and we long suffering IRIX users are on our way.  As it is
>  >right now, I download the new version of boost and hack on the files
>  >I'm currently using to work on my SGI.
> 
> I'd like to make sure I understand the issue.  Please correct me if I'm
> wrong.
> 
> The implementation doesn't contain <cwhatever> headers.  Boost uses
> <cwhatever> headers.
> 
> The problem can be hacked around by #include <whatever.h> and then doing
> the usual namespace std { using ::somename; ... } trick.
> 

        On the SGI, that is really not necessary.  It is true that the
implementation doesn't contain the <c*****> headers, but the <*****.h>
headers have all of the C++ mods, so you really just need to change
<cstddef> to <stddef.h>, and all works.  Or perhaps I am missing
something.

                                Danny

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