Re: [Plplot-general] wingcc drivers fails to build on Windows 7 64bit/VC

[Arjen M. <arj...@de...>]

Hi Rob,

oops, you are right

On 2010-06-21 12:55, Sisyphus wrote:

> 
> If you look closely, you'll see that GCL_CURSOR is indeed undefined for 
> Win64 (as you say), but GCLP_HCURSOR is defined for both Win32 and 
> Win64. (I initially made the same error when I first looked at the code 
> - but the definition of GCLP_HCURSOR is made *outside* of the "#ifdef 
> _WIN64" block.)
> 
>> The header file that comes with the GCC compiler does not undefine
>> the GCL_* macros. That is the difference.
> 
> The ports of gcc available from mingw64.sf.net do undefine those macros 
> for _WIN64. But you're right, the gcc ports from mingw.org don't. 
> Instead they just define both the "P" and "no P" macros. That may be a 
> mistake ... not sure. I'm not aware of it ever causing any problems - 
> and I'm sure that it would be addressed if it did ever cause problems.
> 


> 
> Yes, definitely an improvement !
> I hate it when computers misbehave. Reminds me of a computer called 
> "HAL", in a movie called "2001, A Space Odyssey" ......... ;-)
>  

(Ever read "When Harley was one"? Can't remember the author, but it
impressed me at the time.) What I really detest is programs
that try to be too helpful - Windows 7 on my laptop at home is
for some reason very helpful ... let the mouse hover above a
program icon too long and it will think that is what you want to
start :(. But that is not PLplot-related of course.

Regards,

Arjen