Re: [boost] mipspro tests?

From: Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve (rwgk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-09 12:26:24

--- Toon Knapen <toon.knapen_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve wrote:
> 
> > --- Joaquín Mª López Muñoz <joaquin_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > 
> >>MIPSpro tests haven't been updated since Aug 18, yet I see
> >>some recent fixes being done in the CVS for this compiler.
> > 
> > 
> > We fixed the MIPSpro 7.3 problems only yesterday.
> > 
> 
> 
> I ran the regression tests for mipspro 7.4 in the past. But since this 
> compiler does not evolve at all anymore and the hardware-line is 
> end-of-life we are trying to switch to gcc on this platform: porting 
> boost to this platform is too much of a hassle without proper support 
> from the vendor.

FWIW: Boost.Python works with both MIPSpro 7.3 and 7.4. The only test that
fails is the embedding test.
MIPSpro 7.4 == EDG 245, a very good front end. It shouldn't really be a problem
to make most things work with this compiler, although it will of course require
some time to work out the fixes. MIPSpro 7.3 == EDG 238 is a different story,
though, quite a nightmare (but not nearly as bad as VC6 which is almost triply
obsolete now (7,7.1,8.0)).
Ralf

        
                
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