RE: [Vxl-maintainers] Compiler options to force std C++?

[Ian S. <ian...@st...>]

Put it in as an option- default off. Have the dashboards turn it on
manually.

Ian.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amitha Perera [mailto:pe...@cs...]
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 4:47 AM
> To: vxl...@li...
> Subject: [Vxl-maintainers] Compiler options to force std C++?
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Does it make sense for VXL to add compiler options to make the
> compiler more standards compliant?
>
> For example, adding the flag /Za to the Microsoft compiler disables MS
> extensions and fixes some things, like the scope of the variable in a
> for loop.
>
> Since VXL is meant to be in Standard C++, and given that vcl tries to
> fix the system standard library to be Standard, I think that we should
> forcefully add compiler options that make the compiler as standards
> compliant as possible. This should apply to the MS compiler (/Za), to
> the MIPSpro compiler (-Llang:std), and any other compiler.
>
> However, I think this effect will percolate to the "private" projects
> that use VXL. I feel that's okay, and if it causes trouble, those
> projects should fix their code to be C++. But I'd appreciate other
> opinions before I start looking into this further.
>
> Thanks,
> Amitha.
>
>
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