Re: [boost] _SECURE_SCL for msvc

Subject: Re: [boost] _SECURE_SCL for msvc
From: Jean-Francois Bastien (jfbastien_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-10 14:00:44

> the problem with _SECURE_SCL define was already discussed a 
> few times on
>   this list. But til now it came never to a end.
> Is there any interrest to get also compiled libraries for 
> _SECURE_SCL enabled and _SECURE_SCL disabled? I think this 
> would be really important because this compiler switch 
> changes the abi and for that programs can crash.
> I think that a lot of people disable it already in their own 
> programs, but may be they don't compile the boost libraries 
> with this switch...
> 
> Any comments?

IMHO _SECURE_SCL should participate in the library name mangling.

I collected the previous discussions on this a few months ago:
http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2008/10/41253.php