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diff --git a/src/boost/libs/compatibility/index.html b/src/boost/libs/compatibility/index.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..894f4da8 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/boost/libs/compatibility/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" +"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> + +<html> +<head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + + <title>Boost.Compatibilty library</title> +</head> + +<body> + <div> + <img src="../../boost.png" alt="boost.png (6897 bytes)" align="middle" + width="277" height="86"> + <hr> + + <h1>Boost.Compatibilty library</h1> + + <p>This library provides workarounds which allow the other Boost + libraries to be used on otherwise non-conforming platforms. We hope that + it will be possible to remove this library at some time in the future as + standard library suppliers become more conforming.</p> + + <h2>Missing C++ standard library CXX headers (e.g <cstdio>) + workaround</h2> + + <p>The Python script: <tt><a href= + "generate_cpp_c_headers.py">generate_cpp_c_headers.py</a></tt> creates a + full set of C++ C header files (e.g. <cstdio>) that are missing on + some platforms. The header files created by this script reside in the + directory <tt><a href= + "../../boost/compatibility/cpp_c_headers/">boost/compatibility/cpp_c_headers</a></tt>. + To use the header files, add this directory to the include file search + path. For example:</p> + <pre> +cxx -I/usr/local/boost/boost/compatibility/cpp_c_headers ... +</pre> + + <p>Supported platforms are:</p> + + <ul> + <li>Compaq Alpha, RedHat 6.2 Linux, Compaq C++ V6.3 (cxx)</li> + + <li>Compaq Alpha, Tru64 Unix V5.0, Compaq C++ V6.2 (cxx)</li> + + <li>Silicon Graphics, IRIX 6.5, MIPSpro Compilers: Version 7.3.1.1m + (CC)</li> + </ul> + + <p>There are more powerful alternatives to using the Boost.Compatibility + library CXX headers, e.g. <a href="http://stlport.sourceforge.net">STLport</a> + or <a href= + "http://www.fnal.gov/docs/working-groups/fpcltf/Pkg/ISOcxx/doc/0ISOcxx.html"> + ISOCXX</a>. However, in contrast to these alternatives, the + <tt>generate_cpp_c_headers.py</tt> script is very light-weight (less than + 100 non-comment lines of Python code), much less ambitious, significantly + easier to maintain and therefore more suitable as an interim + workaround.</p> + + <p>Contributed by Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve.</p> + + <h2>Missing C++ standard library <limits> header workaround + <a href="../../boost/limits.hpp">boost/limits.hpp</a></h2> + + <p>Several Boost libraries require the standard library's <limits> + header, yet this header is not always supplied by non-conforming + compilers and libraries. Header <a href= + "../../boost/limits.hpp">boost/limits.hpp</a> simply includes the + standard library <limits> header if available, otherwise includes + <a href= + "../../boost/detail/limits.hpp">boost/detail/limits.hpp</a>. + BOOST_NO_LIMITS from <a href="../config/config.htm">boost/config.hpp</a> + is used to determine <limits> availability.</p> + + <p>Note also the test program <a href= + "../config/test/limits_test.cpp">limits_test.cpp</a></p> + + <p>Contributed by Jens Maurer.</p> + + <p> <br clear="all"></p> + <hr> + + <p><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer"><img border="0" + src="../../doc/images/valid-html401.png" alt= + "Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional" height="31" width="88"></a></p> + + <p>Revised + <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->01 December, 2006<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="38508" --></p> + + <p><i>© Copyright Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve 2001</i></p> + + <p><i>Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See + accompanying file <a href="../../LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or + copy at <a href= + "http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)</i></p> + </div> +</body> +</html> |