Re: [boost] [testing] Add a tester with hidden visibility

Subject: Re: [boost] [testing] Add a tester with hidden visibility
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-07 13:08:58

> The original question suggested that if a tester changed the jam file so that
> the switch gcc visibility=hidden was enabled then tests would pass.  My
> point is that his is very unlikely which is why it isn't being done.  If
> visibility=hidden is to be supported (and I think it should be) library
> source code will have to be updated.

It's a simplistic case, but the Math/TR1 library is built with 
-fvisibility-hidden with both GCC and Intel C++

John.