Re: [boost] enabling constexpr with Visual studio 2015 Update 3 (RC)

Subject: Re: [boost] enabling constexpr with Visual studio 2015 Update 3 (RC)
From: Gabriel Dos Reis (gdr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-06-19 22:10:45

_MSVC_LANG is the macro to hook on.  Hopefully, there will be a published
documentation of how to test for _MSC_VER and _MSVC_LANG.  The actual value
of _MSVC_LANG may change, but the landmark values to check against are
those defined by the C++ standards for __cplusplus.  So you would be testing

   _MSVC_LANG > 201402L

for post-C++14 features.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 3:16 AM, Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Marcel
> Raad
> > Sent: 16 June 2016 07:50
> > To: boost_at_[hidden]
> > Subject: Re: [boost] enabling constexpr with Visual studio 2015 Update 3
> (RC)
> >
> > pabristow wrote
> > > But IMO *we really must know* which of std:c++14 and std::c++lastest
> (and
> > > others including c++11, c++17) are being specified for
> > > the compiler to use.
> > >
> > > The compiler version _MSC_FULL_VER = 190024123 does not tell you this -
> > > only that it is VS 2015 update 3.
> >
> > Seems like _MSVC_LANG is 201403 and _HAS_CXX17 is 1 with /std:c++latest.
> > _MSVC_LANG is 201402 and _HAS_CXX17 is 0 with /std:c++14. See yvals.h.
>
> Confirmed thanks.
>
> /std:c++latest
>    Hello Boost!
>    Platform: Win32
>    Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ version 14.0
>    STL     : Dinkumware standard library version 650
>    Boost   : 1.61.0
>    _MSC_VER  =1900
>    _MSC_FULL_VER=190024123
>    _MSVC_LANG=201403L
>    __cplusplus=199711L
>    _HAS_CXX17=1
>    _HAS_AUTO_PTR_ETC=0
>    Processor architecture =  (x64)
>
>    /std:c++14
>    Hello Boost!
> Platform: Win32
> Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ version 14.0
> STL     : Dinkumware standard library version 650
> Boost   : 1.61.0
>   _MSC_VER  =1900
>   _MSC_FULL_VER=190024123
>   _MSVC_LANG=201402L
>   __cplusplus=199711L
>   _HAS_CXX17=0
>   _HAS_AUTO_PTR_ETC=1
> Processor architecture =  (x64)
>
> but confusingly,  _MSVC_LANG is not shown as defined using the IDE, but
> only gets defined and a value assigned when called by, for
> example, PRINT_MACRO in
>
> boost_1_61_0_b1\libs\config\test\config_info.cpp
>
> These macro MSVC_LANG and _HAS_CXX17 could usefully be added to
> config_info.cpp?
>
> This looks workable, if not uber convenient or clear.  But things are
> getting better - slowly...
>
> Paul
>
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