[boost] Re: Patch for BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT docs - config-patch.txt

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-26 10:05:51

"John Maddock" <jm_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:00e801c2c535$8ce128a0$c37487d9_at_1016031671...
> > Considering what we've seen in the recent thread
> > "BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT and VC++ enums", I thought to add a warning for
> > VC++ users in the config docs. Also, there's a note saying
> >
> >
> >   "Note that in the above example value will have different
> >    lvalueness, depending on whether the compiler supports the
> >    static const or not."
> >
> > The patch (if there are no objections) is to be applied to rev. 1.23
> >
> >
>
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/boost/boost/libs/config/confi
> g.htm
>
> No go ahead, BTW other compilers (Borland and Sun off the top of my head),
> always make enum's int sized as well.

For Borland, the default is to make enum's int sized but this can be changed
with the -b- option in which enums are made as small as possible depending
on the range.