Re: [Plplot-devel] Comprehensive testing

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

Hi Alan,



See below

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@be...]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 11:50 AM
> To: Arjen Markus
> Cc: PLplot development list
> Subject: RE: [Plplot-devel] Comprehensive testing
>
> On 2016-12-21 09:01-0000 Arjen Markus wrote:
>
> > I just ran the little script I have for the examples in C, Fortran
> and Tcl. The PostScript files all came out identical for the corresponding examples.
> Here are the details for the two compilers:
>
> Thanks for that critical test of the Microsoft C/C++ compiler + Intel compiler and the
> further compiler details you supplied.
>
> Could you also identify what cmake version you used, what generator you used,
> and confirm your tests were confined to the build tree with default shared libraries
> and dynamic devices?
>
CMake 3.4.3, with the "NMake Makefiles" generator. The complete command line for this was:

d:\cmake3.4.3\bin\cmake ..\plplot-git -G "NMake Makefiles" -DBUILD_TEST=ON -DENABLE_java=OFF -DPLD_wxwidgets=OFF

> I have additional questions about terminology.  Is MSVC an IDE? (That is implied
> by the wikipedia article about it.) Just out of curiosity is the "Microsoft C/C++
> optimizing compiler" the compiler used by that IDE?  However, if I recall correctly,
> you use the command line and not an IDE.  So does that mean you are using
> nmake on the command line? I believe I have often described your tests as MSVC
> +ifort, but it appears that is not correct, if MSVC is an IDE that you are not actually
> using.
>
Well, MSVC (MicroSoft Visual C++) is the compiler and it is usual to use it in combination with the MicroSoft Visual Studio IDE, but it is perfectly possible to use it from the command-line. And that is what I do in the case of PLplot. One reason is that it is easier to automate things (if you use the Visual Studio generator - and you have carefully selected the right version - you get a complex or at least extensive set of projects, each to build a single component of PLplot). Another is that I like working from the command-line. It gives me more control :).

So, the concise description is correct.

Regards,

Arjen

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