Hello, I have quickly looked into this also and yes Microsoft deprecates use of mkdir for _mkdir See : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235326.aspx
But MinGW/GCC etc. are not Microsoft. I have found in the past the WIN32, WIN and even WIN64 macros. Personally I'm also in favor of the dark side of the force here to paraphrase Waldek. Whether we use mkdir or _mkdir with or without argument what we want is something that compiles here. It could be a headache to play with different filesystems and their interface, and even if I don't think Microsoft or MinGW will remove the WIN32 macro the simpliest is I think testing code here. Just my two cents -- Greg Le lun. 15 oct. 2018 à 13:42, oldk1331 <oldk1...@gmail.com> a écrit : > I don't see why we should not use __WIN32__ macro: > > 1. It will be a long time till Microsoft deprecate WIN32, even > after that, I'm sure MS will maintain backwards compatibility for > a long time. > > 2. In order to have better cross platform support, WIN32 is unavoidable. > > 3. BTW, MS has deprecated "mkdir", use "_mkdir" instead. > > On 10/14/18 12:20 AM, Waldek Hebisch wrote: > > I have read what MinGW people wrote: they suggest puting WIN32 > > in condition. For now that would probably work, but I do > > not like. One reasin is because Microsoft some day may decide > > that Windows (they seem to call all their OS products Windows) > > is no longer WIN32 and break it that way. For me its looks > > better to test which variant compiles -- after all we do not > > care if system is Windows or not but if 'mkdir' with two > > arguments works or not. Given that test is try to compile > > our code, I am tempted to add somwhat evil logic to Makefile: > > > > - try to compile two argument version, if it works use the resulting > > object file > > - if first step failed, try one argument version, it it compiles > > ose the resulting object file > > - if both compiles above failed issue error message and fail > > (which normally stops build) > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to fricas-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to fricas-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
