MSVC7 Non-Compliance Issues

[Zaei]

Just noticed this over on gamedev.net. I thought some of you guys might find it interesting (kedaman =).

Taken from dotnet.languages.vc in a post by Ronald Laeremans [MSFT]
Remaining non-compliance issues with VS7 (VS.NET)
- 2.2 Unicode Identifiers
- 3.4.2 Full Koenig Lookup
- 8.5.1 Empty Aggregate Initialization
- 9.8 Symbol Lookup for Local Member Functions
- 11.4 Friends in Class Templates (also 14.5.3)
- 13.3.1.1.2 Implicit Invocation of ptr-to-func Conversions
- 13.3.3.2 Ranking of Derived to Base conversions
- 14 Export Keyword
- 14.1 Reference Non-Type template parameters (also 14.3.2)
- 14.5.2 User-Defined Conversion Templates
- 14.5.4 Partial Specialization of Class Templates
- 14.5.5.2 Partial Ordering of Function Templates
- 14.6 Dependent Names
- 14.7.1 Nested Classes in Class Templates
- 14.7.3 Explicit Specialization of Member Templates
- 15.4 Exception Specifications
- 15.5.2 The unexpected() function

Z.

[kedaman]

- 14.5.4 Partial Specialization of Class Templates
- 11.4 Friends in Class Templates (also 14.5.3)
- 14.5.2 User-Defined Conversion Templates
- 14.7.1 Nested Classes in Class Templates

VERY Post link?

[Zaei]

I just got it from a quote in a post on the GD.net forums. You could probably browse around on dotnet.languages.vc (looks like usenet to me).

Z.

[kedaman]

Nope, I searched for some keywords but didn't find that post, however i found another post with link to
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q243451

and also a cool solution to a problem that's been annoying me for quite a while now. That i needed to pass pass a variable for the compiler to understand what template parameters i'm using

#include<iostream>
//#define WORKAROUND
#ifdef WORKAROUND
template <class T>
void f(T dummy = 0)
     {
     std::cout <<typeid(T).name() <<std::endl;
     }
#else
template <class T>
void f(void)
     {
     std::cout <<typeid(T).name() <<std::endl;
     }
#endif

int main(void)
     {
     f<bool>();
     f<char>();
     f<int>();
     return 0;
     } 

[kedaman]

did they fix this in other words?
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q241940

What about nested classes in template classes and partial specialisation?!?!?!
ARGH i'm dying to know what they've done

[CornedBee]

As I said: make your own compiler!

[kedaman]

Hehe, for now i'm using MSVC6, i wish i had the new compiler (that comes with beta 2 of .NET)

(btw anyone able to set up an ftp for me so that i can get it?)

Rather than writing my own compiler, i'd write my own language, I'm beginning to think the templates in C++ are really awkward to do what i'm trying to do now

[parksie]

I'm getting myself a copy of GCC 3 - it looks like it'll whomp everything else

[parksie]

I'm not on MSN because they've taken it off the PCs here

It's about 30mb or so (including the Cygwin environment that it needs).

gcc.gnu.org
www.cygwin.com

[kedaman]

I downloaded GCC 3.0.2 now Just wonder if i should compile the whole thing and how?

[parksie]

Do you have CygWin installed?

[kedaman]

nup, my GCC3.02 dir contains 62.7M of tar.gz and tar.bz2 files :S

[parksie]

Yeeks. You only needed *one* of those

Either way, download and install cygwin, then you can install and compile gcc.

[kedaman]

*downloading Cygwin*
which one is that?
12/13/2001 04:55 PM 509,381 gcc-3.0.1-3.0.2.diff.bz2
12/13/2001 04:56 PM 612,445 gcc-3.0.1-3.0.2.diff.gz
12/13/2001 04:57 PM 14,030,893 gcc-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 04:59 PM 18,226,089 gcc-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:00 PM 7,821,977 gcc-core-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:01 PM 10,251,955 gcc-core-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:01 PM 1,709,533 gcc-g++-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:01 PM 2,281,724 gcc-g++-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:02 PM 1,121,901 gcc-g77-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:02 PM 1,472,065 gcc-g77-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:02 PM 2,410,013 gcc-java-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 3,052,932 gcc-java-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 183,310 gcc-objc-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 226,458 gcc-objc-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 756,092 gcc-testsuite-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 943,686 gcc-testsuite-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 904 md5.sum

[parksie]

12/13/2001 04:55 PM 509,381 gcc-3.0.1-3.0.2.diff.bz2
12/13/2001 04:56 PM 612,445 gcc-3.0.1-3.0.2.diff.gz
12/13/2001 04:57 PM 14,030,893 gcc-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 04:59 PM 18,226,089 gcc-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:00 PM 7,821,977 gcc-core-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:01 PM 10,251,955 gcc-core-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:01 PM 1,709,533 gcc-g++-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:01 PM 2,281,724 gcc-g++-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:02 PM 1,121,901 gcc-g77-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:02 PM 1,472,065 gcc-g77-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:02 PM 2,410,013 gcc-java-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 3,052,932 gcc-java-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 183,310 gcc-objc-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 226,458 gcc-objc-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 756,092 gcc-testsuite-3.0.2.tar.bz2
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 943,686 gcc-testsuite-3.0.2.tar.gz
12/13/2001 05:03 PM 904 md5.sum

[kedaman]

How do i go unxip it? winrar does gz but what about bz2?

[parksie]

Do a search for bzip2 and get the windows binaries.

[kedaman]

I have a feeling i'm downloading loads of unnessesary stuff again, how big was Cygwin again?

[kedaman]

i've downloaded 53.6 MB and it's still halfway *cancels the download* hmm