http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55741
--- Comment #7 from Kai Tietz <ktietz at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-12-20 13:05:35 UTC --- (In reply to comment #6) > (In reply to comment #5) > > (In reply to comment #4) > > > The point of http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs?view=revision&revision=193769 was > > > that > > > std::this_thread::sleep_for() is always available, even without > > > --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes, so the default configuration needs to > > > bootstrap. > > > > Well, patch has one issue about used type. Sleep expects 'unsigned long' as > > argument. > > Ah thanks, I didn't know what type DWORD is. > > > Rest of suggested patch works. > > Great, thanks. So if I change the type to unsigned long and commit it, can I > say you tested it? I don't like committing changes I can't test myself! Or > if > you want to commit it then it's pre-approved by me. It is tested by me, if you change Sleep's argument to 'unsigned long' type. It is approved by me. Thanks. > > The reason I mentioned --enable > > option is that nanosleep isn't detected proper by configure test in case > > that > > nanosleep is a function provided by POSIX-library pthread. > > This is the same on all platforms. I would like to revisit that for GCC 4.9 > but > for 4.8 I just want std::this_thread::sleep_for() to work, even if it uses a > low resolution sleep function. The __sleep_for function is in the .so and > takes units of seconds and nanoseconds, so if we enable nanosleep > automatically > in 4.9 then code compiled with 4.8 and linked to libstdc++.so from 4.9 will > get > the nanosleep-capable version of __sleep_for() without needing to be > recompiled. Ok, looking forward to 4.9