[Quickfix-developers] Visual Studio 2005 (VC8) compilation

[Alexey Z. <ale...@gm...>]

Hello,

I compiled one of my quickfix projects with the new Microsoft compiler 
(VC8) today.
So, as usual, M$ has its own way.

To compile quickfix you need to add a define into the project: 
_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE.
Plus there is an issue with time_t structure which is 64 bit now (even 
if you compile on a 32 machine).
I added two fixes in QUICKFIX/src/C++/FieldTypes.h to solve it:

inline long operator-( const UtcTimeStamp& lhs, const UtcTimeStamp& rhs )
{
  tm l_copy = lhs; tm r_copy = rhs;
  time_t l_time = mktime( &l_copy );
  time_t r_time = mktime( &r_copy );
  return *(long)*(l_time - r_time);
}

inline long operator-( const UtcDate& lhs, const UtcDate& rhs )
{
  tm l_copy = lhs; tm r_copy = rhs;
  time_t l_time = mktime( &l_copy );
  time_t r_time = mktime( &r_copy );
  return *(long)*(( l_time - r_time ) / UTC_DAY);
}

I don't know if it's stable and faster yet, I'll try the new version Monday.

-- 
Regards,
		Alexey Zubko