Re: [Boost-build] MSVC native wchar_t support

From: Bojan Resnik (resnikb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-18 04:04:28

> It requires the buildin.jam, msvc.jam and msplatformsdk.jam
> files to be copied into the build/v2/tools directory. The things
> I have added are:
> *  support for msvc-specific compiler options;
> *  support for managed C++ (VC 7.x) and C++/CLI (VC 8)
> compilation;
> *  allow the user to specify /Zc:opt options (native wchar_t
> and for scope conformance);
> *  better support for Windows defines (e.g. WIN32 and
> WINVER)
> *  experimental WinCE support.
>
> - Reece

  Thanks, this looks excellent! One thing though - for MSVC8 there
should be a /Zc:wchar_t- option added when <native-wide-character> is
off, as wchar_t is treated as native by default.

-- 
Bojan Resnik