Re: [boost] Re: [config] BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR and msvc6

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-22 07:52:56

At 09:04 PM 2/21/2003, David Abrahams wrote:
 >David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:
 >
 >> The config docs say:
 >>
 >>        BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR
 >>
 >>        Standard library
 >>
 >>        If the compiler / library supplies non-standard or broken
 >>        std::auto_ptr.
 >>
 >> Yet BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR is not set for MSVC with its standard library,
 >> in which auto_ptr does not support converting constructors, among
 >> other major problems.
 >>
 >> I'm going to add BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR for the old dinkumware library;
 >> Please don't hesitate to let me know if there's a problem with this
 >> change.
 >
 >Argh, that's going to break shared_ptr for a number of users; I think
 >we need a new config macro (BOOST_BROKEN_AUTO_PTR or something) :-(

Yes, the problem isn't really "no auto_ptr" but a very specific set of 
problems. Maybe you should just say BOOST_OLD_MSVC_AUTO_PTR.

Anyhow, please add whatever you decide to the docs.

--Beman