Re: [boost] BGL and BOOST_MSVC

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-13 06:37:31

From: "John Maddock" <john_maddock_at_[hidden]>

> > The boost graph library is full of MSVC checks which pay no attention
to
> > which version of MSVC is in use. This is causing me problems as I test
> > against the VC7.1 alpha compiler. I'm doing conservative fixes to some
of
> > them, but someone responsible for BGL is really going to have to take
the
> > time to look at each one and see whether it's needed for vc6, vc7, and
> > (hopefully not) vc7.1. Is there someone out there who can address this?
>
> This is getting off-topic, but I've been using a custom config header
> (boost/config/user.hpp) for that

For what?

> , that doesn't define BOOST_MSVC, let me
> know if you want a copy.

How does it help? What does it do?

-Dave