[boost] Re: como toolset failures

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-26 10:07:41

Daniel James <daniel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Peter Dimov wrote:
>
>> There isn't much point testing with Comeau otherwise; the idea is to
>> use its strictness to find bugs that other compilers miss.
>
> Would intel in strict mode serve the same purpose?

Not on Windows; they keep lots of non-conformances enabled for MS
compatibility purposes, even in strict mode AFAIK.  It's a bit of a
mess and it's difficult to tell what you're actually getting when you
start to enable the /Qwhatever switches.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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