Re: [boost] Boost regression notification (2005-06-30)

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-05 07:00:03

On Jul 3, 2005, at 5:31 AM, Paul Baxter wrote:
> In terms of compiler status, if there really is an issue between debug 
> and
> release (usually bad compiler optimisations) shouldn't we:
> a) clearly note in the test report we're in debug or release build 
> (can also
> be discovered by looking at the build directory name)
>
> b) Actually test a compiler using a reasonable set of optimisations 
> since
> we're trying to report if a compiler can use Boost in actual builds, 
> not in
> a no optimisation alternative.

I hadn't realized you were running a release built. It is very 
important to do (for many reasons), but I think we should add 
"-release" to the end of the toolset name to indicate what we're doing. 
Then we can more immediately see what problems are caused by compiler 
optimizations.

        Doug