Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9240: boost 1.54.0 math/constants/constants.hpp doesn't compile with gcc 4.8 with c++11 if you undef __STRICT_ANSI__

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #9240: boost 1.54.0 math/constants/constants.hpp doesn't compile with gcc 4.8 with c++11 if you undef __STRICT_ANSI__
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-26 19:46:58

#9240: boost 1.54.0 math/constants/constants.hpp doesn't compile with gcc 4.8 with
c++11 if you undef __STRICT_ANSI__
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  Reporter:  richardg.work@…   |      Owner:  johnmaddock
      Type:  Bugs              |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  math
   Version:  Boost 1.54.0      |   Severity:  Problem
Resolution:                    |   Keywords:
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Comment (by Richard Geary <richardg.work@…>):

 There are many reasons for undefining __STRICT_ANSI__ as it's widely used
 in system headers. If you're using boost in a large legacy codebase, and I
 expect it's common for people porting large codebases from C++03 to C++11.
 This bug is really the fault of gcc for overloading the meaning of
 __STRICT_ANSI__ to imply their special features are enabled/disabled. GCC
 doesn't own the __STRICT_ANSI__ #define, it's owned by the ISO standard.

 Regardless, since the issue is with the numeric literal not the __float128
 type, is there a different, more compatible way to specify the literals?

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/9240#comment:4>
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