[boost] boost/config/platform/macos.hpp question

From: Matthias Troyer (troyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-27 14:18:30

Hi,

Can anybody explain the reason for the following lines in 
boost/config/platform/macos.hpp?

#  ifndef __APPLE_CC__

// GCC strange "ignore std" mode works better if you pretend everything
// is in the std namespace, for the most part.

#    define BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE
#  endif

With this BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE some parts of ublas fail to compile 
under MacOS if a non-Apple GNU compiler such as gcc-3.3.2 is used. Why 
is BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE defined on MacOS for non-Apple gcc 
compilers?

Best regards,

Matthias