[Gdal-dev] Re: Building GDAL with eVC++ 4.0

[Mateusz Łoskot]

Andrey Kiselev napisał(a):
> On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 11:48:41AM +0200, Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
> 
>>>>#ifdef HAVE_LOCALE_H
>>>>#  include <locale.h>
>>>>#endif
>>
>>Certainly, I know that technique but the name "guard" strange for me.
> 
> 
> I didn't read original K&R (i.e. in English), and do not know how they
> call this technique, but Stroustrup uses the term "include guards".

I do not have english version of Stroustrup's book.
I read it in polish, and I haven't met "include guards" term.
Thanks for explanation.

>>evc++ supports nmake build system. Certainly, there are some features
>>in "big" Windows (and "big" namke system) not supported byt Pocket PC
>>SDK. I've created makefile.evc and I'm trying to go with this but it
>>is not enough solution. So, I will try to work with nmake.opt and
>>other files you are talking about. Today I will dig into this job.
> 
> 
> Once I tried to build libtiff using eVC. I do not remember details, but a
> mess with headers was the main problem. I haven't forced enough to
> commit the stuff into libtiff CVS, so all of that remains outside of the
> main tree. I do not think there will be a big hassle to port GDAL to
> eVC.

Yes, I realize that.

> As a first step you should write your own cpl_config.h.evc, because
> cpl_config.h.vc is not suitable for that compiler. Also conditional
> compilation in cpl_vsisimple.cpp and cpl_port.h should be corrected (to
> isolate fcntl.h, for example).


OK, and makefile.evc is also required, I think.
I'll work on this port this week.

Regards

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Mateusz Łoskot
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