Re: [boost] [config] Why does BOOST_NO_INTEGRAL_INT64_T depend onBOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG?

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-20 07:44:55

John Maddock wrote:

>>Currently config/suffix.hpp contains the following code which seems pretty
>>wrong to me:
>>
>>---%<---
>>#if !defined(BOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG) && !defined(BOOST_NO_INTEGRAL_INT64_T)
>>#  define BOOST_NO_INTEGRAL_INT64_T
>>#endif
>>--->%---
>>
>>AFAICT, the existence of a 64 bit integral type has nothing to do with
>>support for long long types. On Tru64 for example, uint64_t is defined as
>>unsigned long and there is no unsigned long long when the compiler 
>>operates
>>in strict ansi mode.
>>
>>Shouldn't these lines just be removed?
> 
> 
> Oh, !*>&*$!
> 
> Yes, but if they are removed other stuff will break, I can pretty much 
> guarantee that.
> 
> So how long away is the release?
> 
> My gut feeling at present is to fix this after 1.33 goes out, but I could go 
> either way I guess.

Currently, Tru64/CXX strict mode compilation is affected by this. So why 
not just try it and if there are too much failures, revert it back?

Markus