Re: [boost] STLPort 5.0 questions

From: Ames Andreas (Andreas.Ames_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-20 06:07:26

Hello,  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Robert Ramey
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:28 AM
> Subject: [boost] STLPort 5.0 questions
> 
> Right away I have a problem.  It seems that by default 
> STLPort 5.0 with VC 
> 7.1 uses an
> unsigned short for wchar_t (I could be wrong, the information 
> is kind of 
> thin).  I've looked
> at the config stuff and its not clear that config and STLPort 
> address this 
> issue.  That is, its
> not clear whether the Boost Macro for this feature is 
> guarenteed to be in 
> sync with the
> way that STLPort 5.0 is built.
> 
> The tests don't make it clear how the STLPort is built in this regard.
> 
> Ideally, the config system would be able to set the 
> appropriate BOOST macros
> in accordance with the particular build of STLPort library.  
> I'm not sure 
> whether
> or not such a thing is possible.

VC 7.1 uses a typedef to unsigned short by default.  You can change 
this behaviour with the compiler option /Zc:wchar_t.  In Boost.Build 
I use '<native-wchar_t>off' to get VC's default behaviour.  I don't 
know enough about config to figure out an automatic way to handle this.

HTH,

aa

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