[boost] Re: Using filesystem with Compaq cxx

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-21 13:05:45

"Dave Boutilier" <boutilie_at_[hidden]> writes:

> FYI -
>
> I have found it helpful to define BOOST_MPL_BROKEN_OVERLOAD_RESOLUTION in
> order to use the filesystem library in this environment. Absent this
> definition, the compiler dumps core. Further information:
>
> These macros are in effect at the start of the compilation.
> ----- ------ --- -- ------ -- --- ----- -- --- ------------
>
>  -DBOOST_MPL_BROKEN_OVERLOAD_RESOLUTION -D__USE_STD_IOSTREAM -D__osf__
>  -D__digital__ -D_SYSTYPE_BSD -D__unix__ -D__unix -D__INITIAL_POINTER_SIZE=0
>  -D__arch64__ -D__IEEE_FLOAT -D__Alpha_AXP -D_LONGLONG -D__alpha__ -D__alpha
>  -D__ALPHA -D__DECCXX_VER=60390002 -D__MODEL_ARM -D__STD_ANSI
>  -D__IMPLICIT_INCLUDE_ENABLED -D__STDNEW -D__X_FLOAT -D__PRAGMA_ENVIRONMENT
>  -D__DECCXX -D__EDG_VERSION__=243 -D__EDG__ -D_OPENMP=199819
>  -D__IMPLICIT_USING_STD -D__RTTI -D__EXCEPTIONS -D__GLOBAL_ARRAY_NEW
>  -D__BOOL_IS_A_RESERVED_WORD -D_BOOL_EXISTS -D__WCHAR_T -D_WCHAR_T
>  -D__cplusplus -D__TIME__="10:56:35" -D__DATE__="Aug 21 2003"
>
> # uname -a
> OSF1 machine-name V5.1 2650 alpha

Which version of the compiler?  More recent CXXes are among the
most-conformant compilers around, using very recent EDG front-ends.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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