Re: [boost] clang-win, again

Subject: Re: [boost] clang-win, again
From: degski (degski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-08-13 03:29:25

On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 at 16:18, Edward Diener via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> I do not think these are Boost problems, but clang on Windows problems.
> Boost.config does identify clang as the compiler on Windows correctly,
> whether the frontend is VC++ libraries or mingw(-64) libraries.
>

I'm not saying Boost.Config does not identify Clang on Windows correctly.
The problem lies in the various libraries dealing with this information.
The build does mention a lot of linux refs though, so even there I'm not so
sure. I get things like
C:\boost-build\boost\bin.v2\libs\atomic\build\clng-lnx-8.0.0\rls\lnk-sttc .
It certainly looks suspicious, but heck 26 libraries do build.

We don't all love the broken VC++ emulated preprocessor of clang with
> vc++ as you do.
>

I don't love it, but writing modern C++17 doesn't need much pre-processing,
so that's what I try to do.

Good. Then I am sure you will be wiling to deal with them when someone
> reports problems trying to use clang on Windows with Boost, as Peter has
> just done. Please tell us what the clang developers tell us about this
> latest problem. It would be greatly appreciated.
>

I'm outside the gate too, so no. I've been writing about this for long time
now, but it gets mostly ignored.
To prove that point: I posted this
https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2018/07/242444.php on the 8th of
Juli. Nobody answered that and that question has as it turns out yesterday
(from a post by that same Peter) to be a very simple answer, thanks Peter!.
In the meanwhile I already deleted the stuff to what that was relevant.

> It seems they are very focused on the compiler and not on any tooling.
> > Having said that, it works perfectly fine from where I'm standing. I use
> > clang/llvm with VS17 on a daily basis without any issue, which is
> > unsurprising [but great] as MS uses clang to check how their STL is
> doing.
>
> Good for you.
>

?

degski
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