Re: [boost] 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: 2002-07-30 10:08:18

> I've tested the following ones:
>
> _NATIVE_WCHAR_T_DEFINED
> _WCHAR_T_DEFINED
> _WCHAR_T
>
> Only _WCHAR_T_DEFINED is defined, both for VC6 and Intel C++ 6.0 (and with
> or without the "/Zc:wchar_t" switch). Moreover, this means, as Gennaro
> pointed out, that this macro is set whether or not it's an intrinsic type,
> and not just a typedef for unsigned short, which isn't particularly
helpful.

OK then I guess we can't test for wchar_t on Intel... note that it's not an
issue with VC6 as there is no support for /Zc:wchar_t anyway.

John Maddock
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