----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruben Van Boxem"

>> Is there a simple way for a program to determine the date that the
> compiler
>> was built ?
>> (A #define that tells us would be ideal, if such exists.)
>
> I hope you're not planning on using the old compilers with wrong 
> underscore
> prefixing rules? Please don't; it will cause a lot of trouble for people
> trying to use libraries distributed by you. An ifdef  for that would be 
> one
> of the worst hacks possible :-(

No - that wasn't the plan.

The mpir library won't build with the old compilers (as MSVC-compliance 
relating to the underscores is expected, and non-compliance not catered 
for.)
The thought was that if the mpir build process could easily and reliably 
detect that the compiler was too old, the build could be aborted with a 
message along the lines of "this compiler is too old, and is incapable of 
building mpir - you need a compiler that was built after 28/04/2010".

I was just making the enquiry on their behalf.

Cheers,
Rob 


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