Re: [boost] old_numeric_cast and Borland 5.6.4

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-27 15:21:38

Tobias Schwinger <tschwinger_at_[hidden]> writes:

> AlisdairM wrote:
>> Fernando Cacciola wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> That is the correct version number, but shouldn't the test be
>> 
>> BOOST_WORKAROUND( __BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT( 0x564) )
>> 
>> Assuming Borland produce another compiler, ...
>
> Careful, here -- they did! Well, that is one with a higher version number ;-)
>
>
> Latest official BCC shipped with BuilderX:
>
>     __BORLANDC__ == 0x565
>
> Latest Builder6 upgrade pack:
>
>     __BORLANDC__ == 0x564
>
> Kylix (didn't verify it myself - source: Boost.Config):
>
>     __BORLANDC__ == 0x570
>
> It seems all are pretty close in terms of portability (for the former two I know 
> it and for Kylix it's another guess reading Boost.Config), so testing for below 
> 0x600 is what you want, I guess (and above 0x551, reading the follow-up).

Why test for below 0x600?

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