Re: [boost] [config] Possible bug in config/platform/win32.hpp

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-24 02:12:05

Edward Diener wrote:
> In config/platform/win32.hpp I see:
>
> #if !defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(BOOST_HAS_DECLSPEC)
> #  define BOOST_HAS_DECLSPEC
> #endif
>
> This tells me that __declspec can be possibly used for all Windows
> compilers except for gcc. I believe, however, that for Comeau-Win32
> __declspec can also not be used.
>
> When trying to build Boost libraries for Comeau with the VC7.1
> backend, the compiler gives this error in the date/time library when
> trying to compile greg_month.cpp with BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK defined:

como can't build DLLs, so changing the definition of BOOST_HAS_DECLSPEC in the
above file won't help.

Jonathan