RE: [boost] Re: Thread - problem (tss.cpp under MSVC++6)

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-19 09:04:52

At 01:13 AM 2/19/2002, Jason Shirk wrote:
 >> -----Original Message-----
 >> From: Beman Dawes [mailto:bdawes_at_[hidden]]
 >>
 >> At 01:53 PM 2/18/2002, bill_kempf wrote:
 >>
 >>  >> Can you put a specific check into the threadmod code to give an
 >>  >#error if
 >>  >> it isn't being compiled as a DLL?  Only to apply to appropriate
 >>  >compilers,
 >>  >> of course.  Would save a lot of grief, I'd expect.
 >>  >
 >>  >I'm not sure if there is a way to do this.  If there is I'd love to
 >>  >hear about it.
 >>
 >> Hum...  I was thinking that _DLL did it.  But that specifies the
 >runtime
 >> library used, not what the target is.
 >>
 >> Jason?  Any ideas?
 >>
 >
 >Sorry, there isn't a way to do that.  The only define /LD adds is _MT,
 >and that's used w/ /MT and /MD, so it doesn't help.

Might be worth a new predefined macro.  _DLL_TARGET or similar.

Anything a compiler implementor can do that allows better error detection 
is a win for users, and cuts support costs too.

--Beman