Re: [Quantlib-dev] Visual C++ configurations

[Ferdinando A. <na...@am...>]

Hi all

my 0.02€

> First: the nomenclature is cryptic. It's not obvious that CRTDLL
> stands for "common runtime dll." We should clarify the names.
it should actually stand for "C runtime dll"

> For VC++ 7, I'm not so sure.
I would leave it behind, in some fashion.
I mean: VC8 is 3 years old, and VC9 is a the first MS free compiler. I
wouldn't be that much concerned about the VC7 choice, as long as it's
documented. As far as my time and resources are concerned I probably
won't maintain it anymore.

> what VC++ 8 and 9 calls "Release" is what we call
> "Release CRTDLL".
> [...]
> Needless to say, I'd like to fix this in future releases. For VC++ 8
> and 9, I'd call "Release" the default configuration (crtdll) and
> something like "Release (static runtime)" the current Release.
fine with me

ciao -- Nando