Re: [boost] [config] Need some clang testing help...

Subject: Re: [boost] [config] Need some clang testing help...
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-10-05 19:05:22

On 05/10/2014 18:01, John Maddock wrote:
> Folks there are persistent bug reports relating to clang with libstdc++
> not correctly detecting the std lib feature set, see
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7473 for a lengthy discussion on
> the issue, and why it's been unsolvable.
>
> Anyhow, I've just committed a tentative patch in
> https://github.com/boostorg/config/commit/b36566fe04a89103b7ef5569c03e3a26eb77af36
> and I'd be grateful if as many folks as possible can test this with
> their clang/linux/libstdc++/C++11 setups as they can.  It works well for
> me locally, but that's only one possible clang configuration.
>
> BTW the easiest way to patch your Boost version is probably to download
> a replacement libstdcpp2.hpp from here:
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boostorg/config/b36566fe04a89103b7ef5569c03e3a26eb77af36/include/boost/config/stdlib/libstdcpp3.hpp
>

Why use the GCC version numbers as a base instead of the libstdc++ 
version numbers? (__GLIBCXX__)
They're probably more reliable than checking for existence of an include.