On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:12 AM, Rick McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I suspect it's time to move forward on what the minimum compiler level
> is too.  I think your target is reasonable, but I'd like to understand
> what issues we have with the 6.0 level before committing on a version.

The issues I saw are simple enough, but I didn't go past them, so I'm
not sure if there more than these.

The newer complier flags cause the older compiler to choke.  That is
easy enough to fix with some !IFDEF in the make file.  I think we
should add a macro to  define the compiler in use and base the flag
construction on that.  The /Wp64 flag is one example.

Then there were some code issues.  The first one should be cleaned up
anyway.  It was a case of several void functions returning a value.
Forget exactly where, but I can rediscover it quickly enough later
this morning.  I'll get your advice when I can give you the exact
spot.  You had a comment about returning something, but it didn't
quite make sense to me.  So, I wasn't sure if you did mean to return
something, or did mean to not return anything.

I stopped there becasue I was just doing a quick check.

> Extensions built with older levels should not be an issue.  Those are
> just code and entry points that we load, and Windows sorts out the
> dependencies that the library has without there being an issue.  We're
> more likely to run into issues of that sort on Linux than Windows.
> The only reason for supporting earlier versions is driven more by the
> needs of people working on the ooRexx code rather than a decision on
> what version we use to build the actual release.  The release version
> should always be built with a fairly up-to-date version.

Okay that makes sense to me.

I'll compile with 6.0 later this morning and fix everything, unless I
run into something unexpected.

--
Mark Miesfeld

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