From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-09 08:40:47
Vladimir Prus wrote:
> The link errors we get with msvc 7.1 and stlport are caused
> by wchar_t mismatch. 7.1 defaults to non-native wchar_t and
> default stlport build uses that default.
> Boost.Build explicitly enables wchar_t as native type,
> so when using non-native-wchar_t-build stlport, we get linker errors.
>
> Solutions are:
>
> 1. Disable native wchar_t in Boost.Build for STLPort configurations.
> 2. Build STLPort with native wchar_t
>
> Do folks with practical experience with msvc 7.1 and stlport have
> an opinion which one is better?
Not really, but (1) is what we did in previous releases.
John.