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Dave Theese
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 Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 11:49 am Post subject: Compiler suggestion |
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Hello all,
A somewhat subjective question:
Of all the current compilers out there, which one offers the best support
for Boost and Loki? In other words, which has the best template support?
I have VC++ .NET 2003 and it is pretty darn good, but I have come across
some things I cannot build. Which compilers are better, even if not
perfect? My understanding is that no compiler currently in existence will
build all of Boost or Loki...
Thanks,
Dave
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Edward Diener
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 4:41 pm Post subject: Re: Compiler suggestion |
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Dave Theese wrote:
| Quote: | Hello all,
A somewhat subjective question:
Of all the current compilers out there, which one offers the best
support for Boost and Loki? In other words, which has the best
template support?
I have VC++ .NET 2003 and it is pretty darn good, but I have come
across some things I cannot build. Which compilers are better, even
if not perfect? My understanding is that no compiler currently in
existence will build all of Boost or Loki...
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The Comeau C++ compiler is regarded as the best around and the most
conformant to the C++ standard.
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Shannon Barber
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 10:58 am Post subject: Re: Compiler suggestion |
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"Dave Theese" <cheeser_1998 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote
| Quote: | Hello all,
A somewhat subjective question:
Of all the current compilers out there, which one offers the best support
for Boost and Loki? In other words, which has the best template support?
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Those are not the same two questions. Boost has many work-arounds for
less-than-compliant compilers - many things even work with Sun's
compilers. Loki has ports that avoid the more troublesome template
areas for older compilers (a partial port even exist for MSVC6).
Which compilers have the best support for Loki is not at all
subjective, I can tell you with impunity that it is MSVC 7.1 and gcc
3.2.
| Quote: | I have VC++ .NET 2003 and it is pretty darn good, but I have come across
some things I cannot build. Which compilers are better, even if not
perfect? My understanding is that no compiler currently in existence will
build all of Boost or Loki...
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VS 2k3 and gcc 3.2 should not only build all of Loki, but execute it
correctly, with the exception of the Conversion meta-template which I
have yet to see a compiler pass (I think the test might be broken... I
never use it so it never gets fixed  ).
I actively use Loki with MSVC7.1 and gcc3.2, so those are your best
bets. Sometime next week I am going to upload fixes and make a new
zip to download. Right now, I think you have to run the headergen
utility to make headers compatible with MSVC7.1 (it use the reference
code, not the 7.0 port).
Those two compilers have the best chances of compiling all of Boost
too (the lambda function, generic binder, and the new 'Spirit' library
are the template hot-spots.)
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Andy Sawyer
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 11:06 am Post subject: Re: Compiler suggestion |
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In article <6DG%a.2145$QT5.459@fed1read02>,
on 17 Aug 2003 07:49:53 -0400,
"Dave Theese" <cheeser_1998 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
| Quote: | Hello all,
A somewhat subjective question:
Of all the current compilers out there, which one offers the best support
for Boost and Loki? In other words, which has the best template support?
I have VC++ .NET 2003 and it is pretty darn good, but I have come across
some things I cannot build. Which compilers are better, even if not
perfect? My understanding is that no compiler currently in existence will
build all of Boost or Loki...
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Try Comeau C++ - http://www.comeaucomputing.com
Based on the EDG front end, it's one of the (if not *the*) most
conforming compiler implementations out there.
Regards,
Andy S.
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"Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter
how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first,
and is waiting for it." -- Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
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David Abrahams
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 12:04 am Post subject: Re: Compiler suggestion |
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Andy Sawyer <andys (AT) despammed (DOT) com> writes:
| Quote: | In article <6DG%a.2145$QT5.459@fed1read02>,
on 17 Aug 2003 07:49:53 -0400,
"Dave Theese" <cheeser_1998 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
Hello all,
A somewhat subjective question:
Of all the current compilers out there, which one offers the best support
for Boost and Loki? In other words, which has the best template support?
I have VC++ .NET 2003 and it is pretty darn good, but I have come across
some things I cannot build. Which compilers are better, even if not
perfect? My understanding is that no compiler currently in existence will
build all of Boost or Loki...
Try Comeau C++ - http://www.comeaucomputing.com
Based on the EDG front end, it's one of the (if not *the*) most
conforming compiler implementations out there.
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See http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/
Great conformance doesn't guarantee that it works perfectly with
Boost, or even that we've been able to configure it properly ;-)
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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com
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llewelly
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 12:03 am Post subject: Re: Compiler suggestion |
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David Abrahams <dave (AT) boost-consulting (DOT) com> writes:
| Quote: | Andy Sawyer <andys (AT) despammed (DOT) com> writes:
In article <6DG%a.2145$QT5.459@fed1read02>,
on 17 Aug 2003 07:49:53 -0400,
"Dave Theese" <cheeser_1998 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
Hello all,
A somewhat subjective question:
Of all the current compilers out there, which one offers the best support
for Boost and Loki? In other words, which has the best template support?
I have VC++ .NET 2003 and it is pretty darn good, but I have come across
some things I cannot build. Which compilers are better, even if not
perfect? My understanding is that no compiler currently in existence will
build all of Boost or Loki...
Try Comeau C++ - http://www.comeaucomputing.com
Based on the EDG front end, it's one of the (if not *the*) most
conforming compiler implementations out there.
See http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/
Great conformance doesn't guarantee that it works perfectly with
Boost, or even that we've been able to configure it properly 
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To me this means the amount of effort exerted by the boost
developers in trying to support a particular compiler has more
influence on the boost regression tests than the conformance of
the compiler. (This isn't necessarily a bad thing; after all, the
boost regression tests are intended to test how well boost works
on a compiler, not the conformance of a compiler.)
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