Re: [boost] [dll] trouble building boost dll with Intel compiler on Windows

Subject: Re: [boost] [dll] trouble building boost dll with Intel compiler on Windows
From: Antony Polukhin (antoshkka_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-11-01 18:39:43

2016-11-01 23:21 GMT+03:00 Blower, Melanie <melanie.blower_at_[hidden]>:
>  Hello,
>
> We are having trouble building boost_dll version 1.61 with Intel compiler (version 17.0) on Windows with vs2015 (and other versions of visual studio).
>
> There's a problem because the macro configuration causes alias.hpp to use gnu-like syntax to specify section names: we don't support this syntax in our Windows compiler.   Instead, we support "#pragma section" just like the Microsoft compiler.

That issue is fixed by this commit:
https://github.com/boostorg/dll/commit/6cf436979c09fa6dc4348765077aba2942e77ce9
Boost 1.62 already has the fix.

But anyway, thanks for reporting! If there'll be some other issue -
please do not hesitate to write.

-- 
Best regards,
Antony Polukhin