Re: Problems with wchar_t support in Intel C++ (was: Re: [boost] Re:lexical_cast<>() and character traits)

From: John Maddock (john_maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-29 05:49:53

>
> I see that boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp does it like this:
>
> #  ifndef _NATIVE_WCHAR_T_DEFINED
> #     define BOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T
> #  endif
>
> Where does "_NATIVE_WCHAR_T_DEFINED" come from? I haven't found it in the
> Intel C++ docs, at least. It's not defined anywhere else in the library,
> either.

That's actually a VC7 macro that's set when /Zc:wchar_t is used, we were
told that Intel were using that as well, but if you could comfirm it one way
or another it would certainly help.  Another possible candidate is _WCHAR_T
which is mention in the docs for the EDG frontend.

John Maddock
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