[CLN-list] msvc patch(es), again

[Richard B. Kreckel]

Hi!

On 02/08/2011 07:11 PM, Alexei Sheplyakov wrote:
> The patch works around msvc bug, *and* it helps CLN to avoid potential
> problems. The name `mulu32_high' is generic enough, and if someone ever
> writes
>
> namespace mylibrary {
> extern "C" unsigned int mulu32_high;
> }
>
> we'll get an obscure bug.

Okay, thanks. The patch can be applied when it is completed.

But the question remains: which version of MSVC stopped accepting the 
current code? This ought to be documented.

>> 3) I don't have access to MSVC. We've received many patches for CLN
>> (and GiNaC, too) and applied most of them. Yet, it is still unclear
>> to me what the status under MSVC is. Since patches keep coming in, I
>> suppose that things are still not fully working.
>
> I don't think this conclusion is correct. GCC-related patches keep coming
> in, too (to name few, commit 3c3275884, 44fa38df2, 352547eac, and so on).
> This doesn't mean that things are still not fully working, does it?

But browsing through the commit log it becomes apparant that the GCC 
version for which a certain patch has become necessary is always well 
documented. On the other hand, this level of detail is absent in patches 
for M$. This is a remarkable pattern.

So, when somebody asks me what version of that M$-compiler it's known to 
work with I'm absolutely clueless and don't even see a practical way to 
find out. Well, that irritates me.

That said, I'll make it a habit to ask about compiler details before 
accepting a patch. And, please, let's also try to better document these 
details in the INSTALL file.

Bye!
   -richy.
-- 
Richard B. Kreckel
<http://www.ginac.de/~kreckel/>