Re: [boost] Re: intel-win32 toolset issue?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-22 16:19:37

At 03:51 PM 12/22/2003, David Abrahams wrote:
 >Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:
 >
 >> In researching the octonion_test failure on Intel, I noticed the
 >> intel-win32 toolset was supplying the c++ compile option:
 >>
 >>     -Qoption,c,--arg_dep_lookup
 >>
 >> Shouldn't that be:
 >>
 >>     -Qoption,cpp,--arg_dep_lookup
 >>
 >> IIUC, the "c" causes the option to be passed to the C compiler rather
 >> than the C++ compiler.
 >>
 >> The octonion_test fails either way, but I think we ought to correct
 >> the toolset anyhow. I didn't change it myself because of fear I'm not
 >> understanding the docs correctly, or that someone with special
 >> knowledge set it up in the first place.
 >
 >As far as I can tell, "c" works for C++.  For example, you can
 >demonstrate it by exceeding template nesting limits and then adding
 >-Qoption,c,--pend=50000
 >and recompiling.

OK, thanks. I added a comment to that effect to the toolset.

--Beman