Re: [boost] [config/interprocess] visual C++ express og /Za option

Subject: Re: [boost] [config/interprocess] visual C++ express og /Za option
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-09 16:49:23

Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> I got this error when I switch on the /Za option:
> 
> d:\boost\trunk\boost\interprocess\detail\workaround.hpp(20) : fatal 
> error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'unistd.h': No such file or 
> directory
> 
> The only thing I did was to add /Za to my Jamroot. The compiler switch 
> is supposed to turn of microsoft extensions. Does anyone have any clues 
> to what is going on?

It seems that this disables Boost's BOOST_WINDOWS detection macro, so 
the code supposes the platform is UNIX. I don't know how many problems 
will appear with /Za but try to define BOOST_WINDOWS to see if problems 
disappear.

> Thanks
> 
> -Thorsten

Regards,

Ion