Re: [Boost-users] Building modular-boost on windows with masm32?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Building modular-boost on windows with masm32?
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-07-02 14:11:22

>> because masm is made by Microsoft I would assume that the masm generates
>> valid object files (correct binary format)
>>
>> The test you mention uses the assembler of VC 8.

I think the issue here is why should users need to install MASM when 
they're using GCC and have a perfectly good assembler already (as)?

Besides I'm not sure that the assumption that a MASM produced assembly 
is always compatible with GCC-Mingw is a valid one - it may well be 
sometimes, but I think it depends how Mingw is built and configured - 
I'm not completely sure about though.

John.