Re: [boost] [config] win32 identification macros

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-22 04:27:36

> The header <boost/config/select_platform_config.hpp> contains the lines
>
>  #elif defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(WIN32)
>  // win32:
>  #  define BOOST_PLATFORM_CONFIG "boost/config/platform/win32.hpp"
>
> Does anyone know why it's necessary to test __WIN32__ and WIN32? A quick 
> test
> showed that vc6-7.1, cw8-9.4, como 4.3.3, gcc 3.4.2 (minGW), dmc, bcc 
> 5.6.4, and
> intel 7.1-8.0 all define _WIN32. What's left over?

Borland.

John.