Re: [Cppunit-devel] macros and templates

[Steve M. R. <ste...@vi...>]

On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 06:14:33PM +0200, Baptiste Lepilleur wrote:

> > /* define if library uses std::string::compare(string,pos,n) */
> > #define FUNC_STRING_COMPARE_STRING_FIRST 1
>    Which platforms need this crazy things ? 

That was because of GCC.  They claim to be moving towards compatibility
with the C++ stdlib, but clearly they ain't there as of version 2.95.4. 
 

> It frighten me that I can't even rely on a string class...

You'd be amazed at how little you can really count on, in general.
The autoconf manual is full of truly bizarre tests for library and
compiler oddities.  And C++ is even worse than C.

Regards,
-Steve


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