Re: [boost] Re: [config] Patch for Intel 8.0 + Dinkum lib

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-15 08:28:57

> Thanks, Stefan. I doubt they will fix the situation though. I wish I
> could use the --microsoft_version switch of EDG, but it doesn't work
> either :) And, anyway, that wouldn't be a solution for boost (at least
> not for header-only libraries). Let's see what John says about the
> config system.

I'm keeping quite and hoping that someone else will solve the issue :-)

If my understanding is correct, then:

* we need to detect whether the std lib was the one that shipped with vc6, 7
or 7.1 but:
* we can't use _MSC_VER because it gets set to arbitrary values.
* we can't use the Intel compiler version because Intel 8 can sit on top of
vc6 and 7 as well as 7.1
* so we need a method that relies on the std lib alone, except that there
isn't one..

Is that right?

John.