Re: [Boost-users] Building boost libraries for x64 platform

From: Bill Somerville (Bill.Somerville_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-29 12:56:03

Hi Sergei

See my earlier post on this. The once.cpp file needs changing. Get  
rid of the compare_exchange() wrapper stuff and substitute  
InterlockedCompareExchage() calls where it is called.

_InterlockedCompareExchage() is a compiler intrinsic for Windows  
AMD64 64-bit so you won't find it in a library.

The boost developers are working on a rewrite of boost/thread (same  
interface as I understand it) so they are a bit quiet on thread  
issues at the moment.

Bill Somerville

On 29 Mar 2006, at 09:17, Sergei N. Malyutin wrote:

Hi,

I need to use boost libraries under amd64 platform. At the build time of
the library boost_thread I've got an error message from the linker that
it failed to find an external symbol _InterlockedCompareExchange (this
call is used in the source once.cpp). I really have not found this
export among system libraries functions. Does this mean that currently
the boost cannot be used in this environment?

I did not see any limitations on the boost use under x64. May be I
missed anything?

Any help or links to the required information would be appreciated.

Sergei Malyutin