Re: [E-devel] Windows port : should I drop vc++ support ?

[Carsten H. (T. R. <ra...@ra...>]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:41:21 +0100 Vincent Torri <vin...@gm...> said:

i'm for "use gcc or clang on windows if u want to build efl".
as for USING efl as apps - i'm in the "please lets make it work for people
using vc++". :)

> Hey
> 
> Currently, there are a lot of problems with Visual Studio compiler (vc++):
> 
> * inline ASM does not follow the same syntax
> * some POSIX features are used and are not supported by the win32  API
> * idem for some C99 features
> 
> Which means a lot of work if I support vc++. For what ?
> 
> I'm currently providing MinGW packages and an NSIS installer with
> mingw-w64 cross compilers. If some people want to *use* Visual studio
> and the EFL to build a library or a program, they can use the
> DLL/header files/import libraries provided by the packages or by the
> installer, but I actually see no point in providing support for the
> *compilation* of the EFL with vc++.
> 
> On the other hand, i'm not a Windows expert, so I maybe am missing
> some important point.
> 
> What do you think ?
> 
> Vincent
> 
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