RE: [gtkmm] gtkmm and vc++6

["Paulo Pinto" <pjmlp progtools org>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gtkmm-list-admin gnome org [mailto:gtkmm-list-admin gnome org]On
> Behalf Of Cedric Gustin
> Sent: sexta-feira, 19 de Julho de 2002 7:46
> To: John Burris; gtkmm-list
> Subject: RE: [gtkmm] gtkmm and vc++6
> 
> 
> 
> At 07:10 PM 7/18/2002 -0700, John Burris wrote:
> >Yes, I have tried.  However, I can't get libsigc++ 1.2 to 
> compile and run
> >all tests successfully.  I tried this with both vc++6 and 
> .NET, with no luck
> >;-{ .  I have given up on this because I don't have enough template
> >knowledge to create a patch and make this work.
> 
> Still the "partial template specialization" problem (not 
> suported by Visual 
> C++.Net and earlier versions) !

Yeah, M$ is famous for having the least C++ compliant compiler.
Now that they have a few C++ gurus leading their Visual C++ team,
things might improve.

> 
> >I'm now going to try the
> >Intel 6.0 compiler.  I suspect this will work fine because the Intel
> >compiler supports all of the ANSI c++ template stuff 
> required by libsigc++.
> >It will be a few weeks before I can get my hands on the 
> Intel complier.
> >I'll let you know how it goes and submit a patch 
> sigcconfig.h.in if it
> >works.
> 
> I think we should concentrate on a few (2 or 3) commonly used 
> compilers 
> instead. Gtkmm compiles fine (even though it's not 
> straightforward "yet") 
> with mingw32, which is the compiler used by the main author 
> of gtk+ port on 
> win32 Let's find a way to make it compile with Visual C++ 6 
> and 7 (I'll try 
> to find a copy). Murray, maybe it's time to create a new 
> bugzilla topic or 
> to reopen the "gtkmm should compile (and run) on Windows" one ?
> 

As someone that works in a company that does multiplatform development
I have access to Borland/M$ compilers on windows.

So as I said in a previous mail, I migth provide the project files. It
will take a few days because I can only do that during my lunch break.

 
> >As a side note, I have no problem with gtk+ 2.0 on windows.  
> There have been
> >a few quirks, but nothing I couldn't figure out and fix or 
> work around.  I
> >even have gnomecanvas working which make be very happy.
> 
> That's the reason why Gtk was written in C instead of C++. 
> Cross-platform 
> portability is much easier than to handle this C++ compilers mess.
> 
> Cedric

C++ is portable! Just don't write code that takes advantage of
every single feature of the standard. Even C took ages to become
fully standard across compilers! The standard was approved in 1989,
rectified in 92, and only during 94/95 appeared the 100% fully compliant
compilers.

Paulo Pinto