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

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-28 10:35:27

> 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?

No idea, but it looks wrong for gcc3 series compilers in any case...

would:

#  if (__GNUC__ < 3) && !defined( __APPLE_CC__)

be any better?

John.