Re: [Boost-testing] VS2017 runner with /std:c++latest

Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] VS2017 runner with /std:c++latest
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-07 23:23:45

On 6/7/2017 6:06 PM, Tom Kent via Boost-Testing wrote:
> I already had a
> 
> using msvc : 14.1 ;
> 
> In my file, so I tried to add another line:
> 
> using msvc : 14.1~latest : C:\Prog..[long path]\bin\cl.exe : 
> <address-model>64 <cxxflags>/std:c++latest ;

Try

using msvc : 14.1c17 : : <cxxflags>/std:c++latest ;

and invoke as toolset=msvc-14.1c17

This works for me.

> 
> But that seemed to cause issues with the regression.py script, it didn't 
> like the ~, which is odd because it works fine with my linux configs 
> that do versions like that.
> 
> I'll give the manual entry a try and see if that works.
> Tom
> 
> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 7:04 AM, Rene Rivera via Boost-Testing 
> <boost-testing_at_[hidden] <mailto:boost-testing_at_[hidden]>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Tom Kent via Boost-Testing
>     <boost-testing_at_[hidden]
>     <mailto:boost-testing_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
> 
>         I was literally just trying to get a runner going with that last
>         night. However I was having problems with b2 getting the
>         necessary compiler flag. Do you have an example user-config.jam
>         file that you've gotten working with it?
> 
> 
>     Something this simple should work:
> 
>     using msvc : 14.1 : : <cxxflags>/std:c++latest ;
> 
>     And it's what I use for Predef (through the common CI test scripts).
> 
> 
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