Re: [boost] [Config] Testing instructions for compiler vendors

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-05 09:37:02

On Wednesday 04 December 2002 03:27 pm, David Abrahams wrote:
>     1. Should we do something to make this easier for them?

Yeah, let's add a macro BOOST_HOLY_GRAIL to skip all workarounds :) 

>     2. What about all the places we make compiler-specific checks in
>        Boost code? Could we define some macros which make it easier
>        and less error-prone to write these, and which can be globally
>        turned off when needed?
>
>     # if BOOST_COMPILER_WORKAROUND(__SUNPRO_CC, <= 0x540)
>       ...
>     #else
>       ...
>     #endif
>
> Thoughts?

I like BOOST_COMPILER_WORKAROUND. We should use it and ban explicit references 
to compiler/platform/library version macros outside of the config library 
that don't use it.

        Doug