From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-23 04:37:17
Martin Wille wrote:
> If using an exit code is not viable then we also could do something
> along this: int main() { std::cout << "<platform_unsupported/>\n";
> return EXIT_FAILURE; }
>
> Or static_assert(platform_unupported) or even #error
> "<platform_unsupported/>"
The trouble is these aren't traditional configure tests, what we really want
is "Does this compile, link and run? Yes: OK we have the feature, No: it's
not usable." So we can't fix the errors in advance :-(
John.