Re: Thread - problem (tss.cpp under MSVC++6)

From: bill_kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-19 13:23:14

--- In boost_at_y..., Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_a...> wrote:
> At 11:29 AM 2/19/2002, bill_kempf wrote:
> 
>  >> 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.
>  >
>  >The only problem is that, as someone else pointed out, this is a
>  >linker concept not a compiler concept.  I'm not sure the compiler
>  >can  determine that the target will be a DLL.
> 
> At least when using the IDE, the distinction seems somewhat 
artificial. The 
> IDE knows, so can pass the information on to whichever component 
needs it.

True, though not everyone uses an IDE, so even if we got all the 
Win32 IDEs to do this it would be only a partial solution.

> Likewise, building with Jam there is knowledge at a higher level of 
what 
> the target is, so information could be passed to a compiler.

If they use Jam I'd expect they'd use the provided Jamfile(s) so that 
there'd be no need for detection.  The problem comes up frequently 
because people, for what ever reason, build the libraries with their 
own build system instead of employing the Jam build system that's 
provided.

At this point I think the only "solution" is to complete the build 
specification documentation that's on my todo list.

Bill Kempf