From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-22 21:16:08
What about a typedef? That would work whether the name is a built-in type or
not, right?
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From: <jsiek_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:52 PM
Subject: [boost] RE: config.hpp problem
>
> I suppose this means that boost/config.hpp should be modified
> to only do the using ::wchar_t for non-conforming compilers.
>
> scleary_at_[hidden] writes:
> > > I try use boost with the GGCL library on IRIX 6.5 with the
> > > MIPSpro 7.30
> > > compiler and on OSF1 V4.0 with the Compaq C++ V6.2-024 for
> > > Digital UNIX
> > > V4.0B (Rev. 564) compiler. On both systems I am having the
> > > same problem:
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Does anybody know a solution to this problem ?
> >
> > Under C++, wchar_t is a builtin type, like int, so it can't be in a
using
> > declaration.
> >
> > (wchar_t was a type name in C, but is now a keyword -- see [C.2.2.1])