[boost] Re: [preprocessor] [patch] Sun Studio 9

From: Christopher Currie (codemonkey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-14 11:09:50

Christopher Currie wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
> 
>> Christopher Currie <codemonkey_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> Can anyone lend assistance in debugging the Sun regressions for Boost
>>> Preprocessor? The early access edition of the Studio 9 compiler is
>>> failing on BOOST_PP code that compiles just fine under earlier
>>> versions.
>>
>>
>> Not knowing much, the first thing I'd do is play with the flags
>> settings in boost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp to see if any of
>> those can work around the problem.
>>
> 
> That, combined with some futher investigation, yielded a partial 
> solution: the newest version of the Sun needs to enable 
> BOOST_PP_CONFIG_MSVC, in order for BOOST_PP_BITAND to work properly. 
> Enabling this does not cause regressions in the earlier version, at 
> least w.r.t. Boost PP.

I've attached a patch for boost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp, in order 
to at least fix the most common problems the Sun Studio 9 compiler is 
having with BOOST_PP_WHILE, as a number of libraries are choking on this 
at the moment.

Thanks,
Christopher

-- 
Christopher Currie <codemonkey_at_[hidden]>

Index: boost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/boost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -u -r1.9 config.hpp
--- boost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp	18 Dec 2003 23:56:04 -0000	1.9
+++ boost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp	14 Jul 2004 16:03:41 -0000
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
 #        define BOOST_PP_CONFIG_FLAGS() (BOOST_PP_CONFIG_EDG() | BOOST_PP_CONFIG_STRICT())
 #    elif defined(__MWERKS__)
 #        define BOOST_PP_CONFIG_FLAGS() (BOOST_PP_CONFIG_MWCC())
-#    elif defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__IBMC__) || defined(__IBMCPP__) || defined(__SUNPRO_CC)
+#    elif defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__IBMC__) || defined(__IBMCPP__)
 #        define BOOST_PP_CONFIG_FLAGS() (BOOST_PP_CONFIG_BCC())
+#    elif defined(__SUNPRO_CC)
+#        define BOOST_PP_CONFIG_FLAGS() (BOOST_PP_CONFIG_BCC() | BOOST_PP_CONFIG_MSVC())
 #    elif defined(_MSC_VER)
 #        define BOOST_PP_CONFIG_FLAGS() (BOOST_PP_CONFIG_MSVC())
 #    else