Re: [TCLCORE] --enable-symbols (Was: A last try for TIP#117)

[David G. <dav...@po...>]

"Jeff Hobbs" <je...@Ac...> wrote:

>> There's also the issue of TCL_MEM_DEBUG with the naming as 
>> well.  If you didn't build for symbols, but wanted 
>> TCL_MEM_DEBUG, ./configure with still suffix with 'g'.  So 
>
>This would be addressed with a separate --enable-mem-debugging
>config option that has been recommended.

Does this get it's own suffix?

>> -MD  (unchecked c-runtime)
>> -MDd (checked c-runtime)
>> -Z7 (build with symbols)
>> 
>> I've never tried -MD with -Z7, in place of -MDd -Z7.  It 
>
>It was recommended on chat that we never bother to build with
>the -MDd msvcrtd DLL because it really adds no value.  We want
>to allow for symbols builds, and people usually link that with
>symbols-built msvcrt, but there is no hard req for that.

Make unchecked default, with an option for checked?  Therefore,
::tcl_platform(debug) shall mean 'has symbols'?
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David Gravereaux <dav...@po...>
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