Re: [Boost-build] intel-win issues

From: Stefan Slapeta (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-05 03:57:55

Jürgen Hunold wrote:

>>   -Qoption,cpp,--no_microsoft_bugs ... that's very dangerous as intel have
>>      their own mode for microsoft compatibility. the std library would
>>      compile without that
> 

That should be "wouldn't compile without that".

> 
> I'd suggest to keep this options for intel < 9.0 (or 8.0) until someone with 
> more knowledge comes with a better solution.
> 

First of all, this is _not_ dependent on the version of Intel Compiler, 
but on the version of (emulated) VC! If makes no sense at all to provide 
options for Intel 9/8.0 that are not provided for lower versions.

So far, I and several others have run boost tests for Intel now for 
several years and analyzed/submitted many DRs making this compiler free 
of any errors for the last few boost releases. This was based on a 
configuration which always has been considered by anybody of us to be 
the best for this compiler. I don't know which positive effect at all 
could be expected by introducing undocumented and unsupported compiler 
options that are known to be considerably dangerous. I'm glad that 
Vladimir removed them again.

Stefan