RE: [boost] Config workaround for std::abs of long long?

From: Jason Shirk (jasonsh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-13 12:42:45

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Garland [mailto:jeff_at_[hidden]]
> 
> Working on the time library porting one issue that we have hit is that
> std::abs
> is not defined for long long types on some compilers even though they
> support a
> long long type.  In particular MSVC6 and gcc2.95.x.  To work around
this,
> we
> have the following code:
> 

Neither VC6 nor VC7 support long long, although both support __int64.
VC7.1 will support long long as an extension.

Jason Shirk
VC++ Compiler Team