Re: [Boost-users] !BOOST_WORKAROUND( __BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT( 0x564) ) causing problems on MSVC compiler

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-04 13:49:32

AMDG

Terdale, Shantibhushan wrote:
> I am using boost for the first time and not much aware of whets going 
> on. I am including serialization archive hpps and it is including 
> these lines eventually somewhere inside
>  
> namespace detail{
>
> #if !BOOST_WORKAROUND( __BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT( 0x564) )
>
> using namespace boost::detail;
>
> #endif
>
> I am using Visual Studio and MSVC compiler and this using directive is 
> causing me problems. There is a CRITICAL_SECTION defined in 
> boos::detail which conflicts with standard windows CRITICAL_SECTION.
>
> The thing am not able to understand is how is this Workaround works ? 
> If this workaround checks for BORLANDC then shouldn't it just place 
> that code for Borland compiler?
>

Did you notice the !
The using directive will appear for all compilers except borland.

> Please help. Is there any other macro I can define or undefine that 
> will get rid of this.
>

Grrr... I think this is a compiler bug.  Do you have a small test case?
Which version of msvc are you using?  What file is this in?

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe