Fernando Cacciola wrote: > I'm trying the variant library, by currently it doesn't > compile with bcc551. > I'd like to be able to compile it with my compiler so I can base my > vote (tentatively to accept it) on more than the documentation > and interpretation of the code.
Thanks for the tentative acceptance. Is there anything so far in the documentation or your interpretation of the implementation on which you'd like to comment? > The first problem is that the current type_traits/type_with_alignment.hpp > does not expose max_align any more for the Borland compilers. > The second problem is the extensive usage of non-type template parameters > that don't follow the guidelines for integral constant expressions > (full qualified access). For instance, as a rule of thumb, don't use: > "bool_c<xyz::value>" but "bool<xyz>"; both mpl and the new type traits > have been designed to work with the second form which works with Borland. Where is bool<>? (And how would that even work, seeing as bool is a reserved keyword?) I don't see it in the Boost 1.29 release or the main CVS. Where are you looking? Or exactly what technique are you describing? > Since the bcc5.5.1 command line compiler is available from > http://www.borland.com/index.html > I ask the variant developers to download it and make the necessary changes. > AFACIT there are many changes but they're all trivial. > I can assist them by indicating what to change, but I don't have the time > right now > to made the changes myself. Getting variant to work under just two compilers (GCC 3.2 and MSVC7) as required by the formal review submission guidelines has been sufficiently time-consuming. This is why more compilers are not already supported. However, I *am interested* in porting variant to other compilers in the future, and I do welcome any assistance in this regard. Thanks for your comments, Eric _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
