Re: [boost] [Build] x32

Subject: Re: [boost] [Build] x32
From: James E. King, III (jking_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-11-28 13:07:22

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 4:28 AM, Roger Leigh via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 28/11/17 09:19, Olaf van der Spek via Boost wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> libboost_system-vc141-mt-gd-x32-1_66.lib
>>>
>>
>> Why is this named x32? AFAIK the normal name is x86.
>>
>
> Also, x32 also is used to mean something quite different:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X32_ABI (x64 ABI with 4-byte addressing,
> but all the other extensions available such as extra registers, SSE).
>
>
This pull request references x32 in Boost.Build:

https://github.com/boostorg/build/pull/209

Suggest you open a github issue on Boost.Build.

(I would also expect to see "x86", "x86_64", etc...)

- Jim