Re: [boost] [config][preprocessor] proposal for GCC-XML support

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-09 13:31:13

> GCC-XML defines __GCCXML__ with its *own* version number, not that of
> the internal GCC parser.  

Oh, shucks :-(

> There is a simple mapping from GCC-XML
> version number to the GCC parser version number (currently always
> 3.3).  However 
> I can see that it would be a pain for every project to know about this
> mapping.  I should add more definitions like
> 
> __GCCXML_GNUC__
> __GCCXML_GNUC_MINOR__
> __GCCXML_GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__
> 
> so that the true GCC parser version is known.  This also maintains the
> option to replace the parser with another compiler in the future.  Do
> these names look okay to you John?

Sure, it's your tool you can call them anything you want :-)

John.