On Jul 3, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
Hello,
Chris Lattner wrote:
IMO, the whole notion of a compiler-specific macro has pretty
limited
usefulness. Why not add macros for specific *features* offered by
the compiler. For example:
#ifdef __SUPPORTS_NESTED_FUNCTIONS__
[...]
Hmm, looks like this could
get very messy, very quickly; I don't think you could do this in any
effective way without some compiler-independent organization to
define
these macros.
I feel like I'm stating the obvious, but maybe you're just trying to
rediscover feature-based tests: do a test compile that exposes the
compiler bug or feature you're looking for.
Autoconf provides a framework that supports this kind of testing,
among
others.
That doesn't work for system headers.
-Chris
