[boost] [clang] Using clang in Windows

Subject: [boost] [clang] Using clang in Windows
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-07-14 03:06:06

Just a note to everybody about using clang in Windows. I upgraded the 
latest clang-linux.jam file in Boost Build on the 'develop' branch so 
that clang in Windows using gcc should now work for the purposes of 
testing Boost libraries.

If you get the latest clang and build it on Windows using CMake with any 
of the mingw generators or Ninja, you will have a clang executable which 
will default to a target using gcc headers and libraries. If you add a 
line in user-config.jam such as:

using clang : : yourpath/clang++.exe ;

then you should be able to execute:

b2 toolset=clang

in order to run tests from withion a test directory for any Boost 
library using clang as your compiler. The output looks very good without 
any of the problems I have seen before when running clang in Windows. 
Just make sure you switch to the Boost Build 'develop' branch and pull 
the latest source.

I have been successful so far when running tests of preprocessor, mpl, 
type_traits, and tti with clang in Windows. I will test some more 
libraries but so far it looks to me that the clang developers have 
finally created a version under Windows which can be used to 
successfully test Boost libraries. This adds one more reliable testing 
environment under Windows. Now I can use the latest clang, various 
flavors of gcc under mingw, and various flavors of VC++.