Re: [boost] Re: Clarification on BOOST_NO_STD_LOCALE

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-01 10:40:58

From: "Gennaro Prota" <gennaro_prota_at_[hidden]>

>
> In fact, both me and you were wrong. The condition of the first #if
> evaluates to false, but the condition of the second #if to true:
> __SGI_STL_OWN_IOSTREAMS is not defined (a search in all the STLport
> files has found one occurrence of __SGI_STL_OWN_IOSTREAMS and it's in
> the change log ChangeLog-4.0. No #defines). The fix should be trivial.
>
> As far as I understand it (I don't know the whole story about the
> original SGI implementation and the STLport) the second test should
> concern the original SGI only, shouldn't it? Note BTW that it tests
> for __STL_xx and not __STLP_xx. If so, shouldn't it be in sgi.hpp?
>
> Sorry if I'm just confusing things, but it's better asking than
> suggesting erroneous corrections, I think.

Sometime in the not too distant past all STLPort macros were changed from
using the __SGI_STL_xxx or __STL_xxx prefix to using _STLP_xxx. We probably
ought to make sure we're adjusting accordingly.

-Dave

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