Re: [boost] [Sun] Using stlport4 by default

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-06 10:05:30

"Simon Atanasyan" <atanasyan_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:593202450612060536k2d924f9bg99cb16ce664e143b_at_mail.gmail.com...
> 2006/12/6, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]>:
>> Simon Atanasyan wrote:
>>
>> > Does anybody know why -library=stlport4 and -features=tmplife are not
>> > turned on by default in the sunpro-tools.jam?
>>
>> I suppose because nobody has suggested this to be done.
>>
>> Next Boost release will be using Boost.Build V2, and the documentation 
>> for
>> its sun.jam module will recommend using those flags. As for using them by
>> default -- I don't know, I suppose there might be some reason why those
>> options are not on by default in Sun compiler itself?
>
> Some users still link with libCstd.2.1.1 - old version of std library.
> Sometimes because they do not know about stlport4, sometimes because
> they have third party binary code depends on libCstd.2.1.1. So if we
> (at Sun) make -library=stlport4 is on by default these users have to
> change their Makefiles. IMHO it's not the problem but ... Anyway a lot
> of Boost code cannot be used without modern std library so if user
> want to use Boost it has to use stlport4 and this option should be on
> by default in Boost.

I second that. I believe this option should be on by default. The reason why 
Sun keeps non-conformant STL as default I understand, but I don't think they 
are applicable here.

Gennadiy