Re: [boost] [shared_ptr] Clang with Microsoft CodeGen in VS 2015Update1

Subject: Re: [boost] [shared_ptr] Clang with Microsoft CodeGen in VS 2015Update1
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-12-09 15:39:10

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Peter Dimov <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Marcel Raad wrote:
>
> The same problem occurs with clang-cl, which defines _MSC_VER instead of
>> __GNUC__. Could that be fixed too please?
>>
>> clang/c2 defines __GNUC__ but doesn't support GCC inline assembly, so
>> sp_counted_base_gcc_x86.hpp also has to be excluded for __c2__.
>>
>
> With all those subtly different clangs, things are getting a bit
> ridiculous.
>
>
Yes, but do remember that clang/c2 in Update 1 is just a preview release.
They want it to work on the Boost codebase, are clearly putting more
resources into C++ than in the past, and fixing bugs much more quickly.

--Beman