Boost logo

Boost :

From: Martin Bonner (martin.bonner_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-26 09:07:13


----Original Message----
From: Joaquin M Lopez Munoz [mailto:joaquin_at_[hidden]]

> Is BOOST_HAS_INTPTR_TYPES supposed to inform whether there
> are vendor-provided ::intrptr_t/::uintrptr_t types? If so, I
> fail to see its utility, since boost::intrptr_t/boost::untrptr_t
> can be provided universally.

Not if the compiler doesn't HAVE a integral type which can hold a pointer.
For example, a compiler for Intel processors with 32 bit longs, no long
long, and 16:32 pointers.

-- 
Martin Bonner
Martin.Bonner_at_[hidden]
Pi Technology, Milton Hall, Ely Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4 6WZ,
ENGLAND Tel: +44 (0)1223 441434

Boost list run by bdawes at acm.org, gregod at cs.rpi.edu, cpdaniel at pacbell.net, john at johnmaddock.co.uk