Re: [boost] Boost on Windows CE

From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-27 06:26:59

Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 January 2007 16:30, Anthony Williams wrote:
>> I've just started on a project which is Windows CE based, using Microsoft
>> Embedded Visual C++ V3 and V4, and I'm having trouble using boost. There
>> are several #defines in the code that cover Windows CE (e.g.
>> BOOST_NO_ANSI_APIS), so somebody must be using boost successfully.
>>
>> So, my first question is: what compiler(s) are people using for Windows CE?
> 
> I'm using those that come with eVC4 and VC8 (VS2005). eVC4 comes with versions 
> 12.00 to 12.02. Note: version 12.00 is bug-to-bug compatible with the one 
> from VC6, the other two don't differ much either. All of them are 
> cross-compilers (except the one for the emulator) so some additional 
> backend-problems apply with ARM and MIPS (see e.g. STLport's documentation, 
> which has official CE support). VC8 comes with compilers versions 14.x, which 
> are already pretty good and should be able compile all of Boost (though not 
> necessarily do so due to platform and library restrictions).
> [...]

Ulrich,

Thank you very much for this detailed explanation!
It's very informative.

Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net