Re: [boost] [Test] 1.33 compile error for Win9x/ME targets

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-21 13:27:04

"Christopher Kohlhoff" <chris_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:20050921074552.7934.qmail_at_web32607.mail.mud.yahoo.com...
> I'm trying to use the Boost Test framework for unit testing in asio but
> it doesn't work for Win9x/ME targets without a minor fix.

Win9x/ME does require some tuning. We never actually test on this platform I 
think.

> The problem is due to boost/test/impl/execution_monitor.ipp only
> checking for _WIN32_WINNT, when the #define for Win9x/ME is
> _WIN32_WINDOWS. I had to make the following change to get it to work:
>
>
> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
>
> #  define BOOST_MS_STRUCTURED_EXCEPTION_HANDLING
>
> -#  ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
> +#  if !defined(_WIN32_WINNT) && !defined(_WIN32_WINDOWS)
> #    ifdef _WINBASE_
> #      warning Debugger check disabled. Either define _WIN32_WINNT or
> include Boost.Test header in front of winbase.h
> #    else
>
>
> I also encountered this as an error, rather than a warning as intended,
> because #warning is not supported by MSVC. It should probably use
> #pragma message("...") instead.

Unfortunately I did not find a portable warning mechanism. So I chose to 
comply to one compiler that actually originated these statements 
(metrowerks)

> Cheers,
> Chris

Gennadiy