[boost] Re: AIX vacpp question

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-10 12:09:04

Beman Dawes wrote:
[...]
> 22.2.7.1 specifies catalog:
> 
>    typedef int catalog;
> 
> There doesn't seem to be any text AFAICS that would allow any type other
> than int. What library and version does vacpp use?

Dinkum C++ Library. It appears that in the AIX version they use
"typedef nl_catd catalog;", not

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27002104&aid=1

<quote>

class messages_base {
    typedef int catalog;
    };

The class describes a type common to all specializations of template 
class messages (page 221). The type catalog is a synonym for type int 
that describes the possible return values from messages::do_open.

</quote>

as documented (and required by the C++ standard). IIUC, the "real
problem" is that under POSIX nl_catd doesn't need to be an int. 

regards,
alexander.