[Boost-users] long long support with GCC

From: Aaron W. LaFramboise (aaronrabiddog51_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-25 17:16:38

Hi,

As I'm sure you know, long long and unsigned long long are supported by
GCC in C++.  However, -std=c++98 (not quite sure why, to be honest) and
-pedantic cause lots of warnings and errors to be generated in the Boost
headers when long long is used.  In my project, it is desirable to use
these flags for other reasons, but the effect these flags have on the
Boost headers is decidedly undesirable.

So far, I've been wrapping the Boost headers in forwarding headers that
mark the Boost headers as system headers so that they compile without
warning or error.  Is there any disadvantage to doing this?

GCC supports long long even with the above options, but only if
__extension__ is used.  I notice that there a Boost-standard 64bit type,
boost::int64_t.  Is there some reason that this can't be typedef'ed
using the GCC extension, and then this identifier used in all places
where 'long long' is being used?  Are there type system rules that
prevent this, or some other reason?

Thank you for your consideration,

Aaron W. LaFramboise