Re: [boost] old_numeric_cast and Borland 5.6.4

From: Tobias Schwinger (tschwinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-27 16:45:03

David Abrahams wrote:
> Tobias Schwinger <tschwinger_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> 
>>AlisdairM wrote:
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>>>Fernando Cacciola wrote:
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>>>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:
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>>    __BORLANDC__ == 0x565
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>>Latest Builder6 upgrade pack:
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>>    __BORLANDC__ == 0x564
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>>Kylix (didn't verify it myself - source: Boost.Config):
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>>    __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?
> 

A pessimist guesstimation based on the tremendous ammount of bugfixes in the 
recent past ;-) (excuse my sarcasm)...