Re: [boost] [release] Boost 1.70.0 Beta 1 is now available

Subject: Re: [boost] [release] Boost 1.70.0 Beta 1 is now available
From: mike.dev_at_[hidden]
Date: 2019-03-19 15:47:50

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boost <boost-bounces_at_[hidden]> On Behalf Of Marshall Clow via Boost
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 4:11 PM
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> Cc: Marshall Clow <mclow.lists_at_[hidden]>; Rainer Deyke <rainerd_at_[hidden]>; Boost users
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> Subject: Re: [boost] [release] Boost 1.70.0 Beta 1 is now available
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 2:43 AM Rainer Deyke via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > On 13.03.19 15:49, Marshall Clow via Boost wrote:
> > > For details of what's in the release, see <
> > > https://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_70_0.html>.
> > >
> > > Please download the beta, give it a try, and report any problems you
> > > encounter.
> >
> > I want to report a problem.
> >
> > Boost.Test is broken when cross-compiling for Windows on Linux using a
> > case-sensitive file system because it #includes <Windows.h> instead of
> > <windows.h> on line 32 of boost/test/utils/timer.hpp.
> >
>
> I did a quick grep through the boost sources, and found:
> * About 250 #includes of "windows.h" (all lower case)
> * Zero #includes of "Windows.h" (upper-case 'W')
> (and a reference to changing one instance in Boost.Test from "Windows.h" to
> "windows.h" for 1.67.0)
>
> We may or may not be correct, but we're quite consistent.

FYI: On my windows 10 machine, the file(s) inside the windows sdks are
called "Windows.h".
All "windows.h" files on my machine come from mingw or boost itself (which
sounds like a bad idea TBH).

>
> -- Marshall
>
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