Re: [Boost-users] How to identify Boost libraries which support eVC++ compiler

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-27 02:03:03

At 12:59 2005-12-25, Mateusz =?iso-8859-2?Q?=A3oskot?= wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to use Boost libraries with eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 compiler
>(Windows CE applications development).
>I'd like to catalogue as much as possible Boost libraries
>which can be used with eVC++ 4.0 compiler.

I've been told that vs2005 supercedes 
eVC++4.0.  since 4.0 is built on 6.0 technology 
which will (hopefully) be supported by boost only 
a little while longer wouldn't it be better to upgrade your compiler?

>Currently, I can use smart pointers successfully.
>I also tried to use boost\date_time libraries and I found most of them
>can not be used with eVC++. I got "unknown CE compiler" error message.
>So, I suppose I will get that message in most cases.
>
>As I revealed there is a compiler detection mechanism in file
>boost\config\compiler\visualc.hpp but I couldn't find
>out how exactly it is used.
>
>I'd like to identify all Boost libraries which can not be used with eVC++.
>Could anyone give me a few hints about how to start such identification?
>Are there any macro definitions or can I expect that visualc.hpp can
>help me in this task?
>
>Thank in advance for all comments
>Best regards
>--
>Mateusz £oskot
>http://mateusz.loskot.net
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