Re: [boost] gcc: timer patch, and ios_base workarounds

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-04-16 07:27:56

At 09:19 PM 4/15/2001, Greg Chicares wrote:

 >Then I propose the following changes:
 >
 >*** boost/progress.hpp
 >-     std::ios_base::fmtflags old_flags = _os.setf( std::ios_base::fixed,
 >- 
std::ios_base::floatfield
 >);
 >+     // old GNU c++ lib has no ios_base
 >+     std::istream::fmtflags old_flags = _os.setf( std::istream::fixed,
 >+ 
std::istream::floatfield
 >);

Done.  Thanks!

 >With this change (and use of <boost/limits.hpp> instead of <limits>
 >in timer.hpp as previously discussed), gcc-2.95.2 now passes the
 >timer test. The only other compiler I have to test with is borland
 >C++ 5.5; it still passes too.

Yes, it is now passing for all the Win32 status compilers.

--Beman