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

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-15 10:21:09

On 2002-05-14 at 11:06 PM, david.abrahams_at_[hidden] (David Abrahams) wrote:

>
>----- 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.

Ah yes, sorry, maybe for v2 we can revisit the names of things :)

>> 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.

Yes I know that. I meant that the GCC info docs, not our docs, don't mention
what the default is for that. So I was wondering if Raoul knows what that
default is.

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