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<table class="header"><tr class="header"><td class="header-group navigation-bar"><span class="navigation-group"><a href="./dependencies.html" class="navigation-link">Prev</a> <a href="./broken-integral-constant.html" class="navigation-link">Next</a></span><span class="navigation-group-separator"> | </span><span class="navigation-group"><a href="./dependencies.html" class="navigation-link">Back</a> Along</span><span class="navigation-group-separator"> | </span><span class="navigation-group"><a href="./technical-details.html" class="navigation-link">Up</a> <a href="../index.html" class="navigation-link">Home</a></span><span class="navigation-group-separator"> | </span><span class="navigation-group"><a href="./tutorial_toc.html" class="navigation-link">Full TOC</a></span></td>
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<div class="section" id="portability">
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="./technical-details.html#id73" name="portability">Portability</a></h1>
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<p>It has always been a major goal of MPL development that a program
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using the MPL should compile and run without modification on a wide
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variety of compilers. To this end, the library goes to great
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lengths to hide the quirks of less-than-perfect compilers. Of
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course, there is only that much that you can do about an utterly
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broken compiler. This section describes the places where those
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quirks "leak out" of the library abstraction layer, and what you can
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do about it when they do.</p>
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<p>With respect to MPL compatibility we divide C++ compilers roughly
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into three categories:</p>
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<ol class="upperalpha simple">
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<li>Reasonably conforming compilers that "just work" with the MPL.</li>
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<li>Not-so-conforming compilers that work but require some workarounds in user code.</li>
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<li>Compilers that are so broken that it's not practical to use them for any serious
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metaprogramming work.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>We haven't tested every compiler in existence (simply because we don't have access to
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all of them), but chances are the table below
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will give you the information you are looking for. Please note that
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the fact that one version of a compiler appears
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in this list as "Not supported" does <em>not</em> mean that future versions are also
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unworkable — some vendors are working hard to correct the
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problems... and, as of this writing (late 2004), some are not.</p>
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<p>Please keep in mind that this is not a complete list!</p>
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<tr><th>Compiler</th>
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<th>Versions</th>
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<th>Category</th>
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<th>Problematic Areas (if any)</th>
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<tr><td>Borland C++</td>
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<td>5.6.4</td>
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<td>B</td>
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<td><a class="reference" href="./incomplete-support-for.html">Lambda Expressions</a>, <a class="reference" href="./broken-integral-constant.html">Integral Constant Expressions</a></td>
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<tr><td>Borland C++</td>
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<td>5.6.1</td>
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<td>C</td>
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<td><strong>Not supported</strong></td>
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<tr><td>Comeau C/C++</td>
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<td>4.2.45,
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4.3.3</td>
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<td>A</td>
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<td> </td>
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<tr><td>Compaq C++ (Tru64 UNIX)</td>
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<td>6.5</td>
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<td>A</td>
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<tr><td>GCC</td>
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<td>3.2.2,
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3.3.1, 3.4</td>
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<td>A</td>
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<tr><td>GCC</td>
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<td>2.95.3</td>
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<td>B</td>
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<td><a class="reference" href="./broken-integral-constant.html">Integral Constant Expressions</a></td>
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<tr><td>HP aCC</td>
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<td>3.55</td>
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<td>C</td>
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<td><strong>Not supported</strong></td>
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<tr><td>Intel C++</td>
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<td>7.1, 8.0</td>
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<td>A</td>
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<tr><td>Metrowerks CodeWarrior</td>
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<td>8.3, 9.2</td>
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<td>A</td>
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<tr><td>Microsoft Visual C++</td>
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<td>7.1</td>
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<td>A</td>
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<tr><td>Microsoft Visual C++</td>
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<td>6.0 sp5,
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7.0</td>
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<td>B</td>
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<td><a class="reference" href="./incomplete-support-for.html">Lambda Expressions</a>, <a class="reference" href="./eti.html">ETI</a>, <a class="reference" href="./broken-integral-constant.html">Integral Constant Expressions</a></td>
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<tr><td>SGI MIPSpro</td>
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<td>7.3</td>
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<td>B</td>
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<td><a class="reference" href="./broken-integral-constant.html">Integral Constant Expressions</a></td>
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<tr><td>Sun CC</td>
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<td>5.6</td>
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<td>C</td>
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<td><strong>Not supported</strong></td>
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<li><a class="reference" href="./broken-integral-constant.html" id="id74" name="id74">Broken Integral Constant Expressions</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="./incomplete-support-for.html" id="id75" name="id75">Incomplete Support for Lambda Expressions</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="./eti.html" id="id76" name="id76">ETI</a></li>
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