On 23-Jul-2002 Brian Hechinger wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 09:00:39AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>>
>> math.h is the wrong header, it should be stdlib.h (in C++ <cfoo> means it is
>> the wrapper for <foo.h>).
>
> ok, yes, it is in stdlib.h, you are right. the issue here then is that there
> is
> no stdlib.h C++ wrapper on IRIX. that's kinda silly.
>
the <cfoo> headers is somewhat recent and not truly needed so it is not
surprising.
>> I can drop the std:: and use stdlib.h.
>
> only if it is not a problem for you to do so, then that's probably the best
> way
> unless there is some benefit to using the std:: version that i am not aware
> of.
>
modern C++ code attempts to not include any .h files and only use the new <foo>
style. The advantage of the C++ wrapper headers is they take care of the
extern C { } for you.
>> However I would like configure to be
>> able to set the compiler flags properly.
>
> as would i. i'm looking into how this configure beast works to see if i can
> come up with a solution. if anyone is familiar with the internals of the
> configure process i could use a couple pointers. thanks!!
>
it seems to me that fastest way would be to find other apps which use configure
and compile under MIPSpro. Perhaps some of the gnu tools.
