Re: [jamboost] Re: [boost] Re: nocygwin toolset (was: Re: Contributing new toolsetsupport)

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-14 23:06:48

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rene Rivera" <grafik666_at_[hidden]>

> On 2002-05-14 at 05:00 PM, david.abrahams_at_[hidden] (David Abrahams) wrote:
>
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Raoul Gough" <RaoulGough_at_[hidden]>
> >
> >> feature struct-alignment : auto 1 2 4 8 16 ;
> >> feature eh-model : default fast msvc ; # metrowerks only
> >> feature vtable-thunks : default on off ; # gcc only
> >
> >OK. I'd tend to favor more-generic names, but I can't think of better
ones
> >right now.
>
> For eh-model a more generic term for "msvc" could be "compatible". As in
> it's compatible with the OS platform.
>
> As for the feature itself, maybe "exception-model" given that we have the
> matching "exception-handling".

I tend to agree, but eh-model has been around forever. Raoul is adding
vtable-thunks.

> And possibly "vtable-model" instead of "vtable-thunks". But that would
> require changing the values to something more informative like:
"default",
> "traditional", and "thunks". By the way, what is the GCC default for
this?
> The GCC docs fail to mention any default.

That's because there's no support for it checked in yet. Raoul is having
problems getting to sourceforge with SSH. He may need to send patches until
that gets resolved.

-Dave