Re: [boost] Boost and clang under Windows

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost and clang under Windows
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-29 14:03:32

> The Boost header files have numerous places where testing the macro 
> _MSC_VER produces slightly different behavior based on the fact that the 
> code is being used by VC++ or a compiler with the same behavior as VC++. 
> But clang does not have the same behavior as VC++ despite defining 
> _MSC_VER.

That shouldn't really be happening - the code should check for BOOST_MSVC if 
it really want's "real" msvc and _MSC_VER just for things like #pragma once 
where some simple form of msvc emulation is required.

John.