Re: [Boost-users] problem with boost compilation

On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 08:06:30AM -0400, Nat Linden wrote:

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Martin Elzen wrote:

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Ohad Barta wrote:

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what is the corresponding cmd compilation command? I tried to specify all the corresponding flags but for some reason it doesn't work,(for example- despite using the flag --address-model=64, the folder "address-model-64" wasn't constructed in my folders hierarchy tree, so I guess that this flag was ignored)

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There may be other errors, but what jumps out at me right now is that the "address-model=" part does NOT require two minus-signs in front of it...

What would be the drawback to supporting all such switches in both syntaxes? (address-model= or --address-model=)

The set of options are rather fixed and domain-unspecific. The set of features isn't and are up to the particular things you're trying to build. Mixing the two together is a dangerous, incomplete and completely wrong thing to do. Users should take care in understanding the command line tool they use, and stop assuming that it behaves according to some particular GNU-like environment they are familiar with. GCC multicharacter flags start with a single dash. Windows parameters start with a /. You don't see applications changing to handle those worldviews. -- Lars Viklund | zao@acc.umu.se