RE: [sigc] ANNOUNCE: libsigc++ 1.9.11

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> I cannot help you with the Forte compiler, but I have made 
> project files 
> for Visual Studio .Net 2003 for libsigc+++-1.9.11 and the 
> test files. I 
> have made it so that a .lib file is generated and there is a project 
> file for every test. The directory structure is as follows:
> 
> libsigc++ root
>      |- docs
>      |- examples
>      |- etc...
>      |- visualstudio
>          |- sigc
>          |    |- sigc.vcproj
>          |- tests
>          |    |- test_accumulated
>          |    |    |- test_accumulated.vcproj
>          |    |- etc...
>          |- libsigc.sln
> 
> This is how I would do it; if someone wants it in a different 
> way, I can 
> change it.

It would be nice if it was the same as for libsigc++ 1.2, so that there are
no surprises. Also, it's very important that the directory name shows
exactly what version of MSVC++ the projects are for, because they differ so
much.
 
> Furthermore, I've tried to build it ofcourse. Most of the 
> tests failed. 
> You can find a buildlog on 
> http://www.stack.be/~roel/sigc2-vs2003-buildlog.txt. Basically, the 
> library went ok, and 5 of the tests (test_accumulated, 
> test_deduce_result_type, test_disconnect, test_mem_fun and 
> test_ptr_fun) 
> were ok too.
> You can have a look at the buildlog and maybe someone can deduce what 
> the problem is with the rest; I have not enough knowledge of 
> libsigc to 
> do myself, unfortunately.
> For the brave soul who wants to try it, I've put a zip file with the 
> project files on http://www.stack.be/~roel/visualstudio.zip. 
> Copy it to 
> your libsigc++ root dir, and unzip there - that will create the 
> directory structure as described above.
> Hope this helps.

Murray Cumming
www.murrayc.com
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