On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, David Boreham wrote:
Apologies if this is a stupid question. I _have_ done a few days of fruitless searching already... So, I want to use autoconf/automake for a C++ application that uses the STL. For example I'd like to be able to track down the libraries in various places. I'd also like to be able to build on Unixen with stlport, or on Cygwin using the MS compiler and STL.
It seems to me that the vast majority of C++ compilers currently in use provide a working version of the STL library. At least, that is my own experience. I think that "stlport" can be consided effectively defunct.
The Magick++ library as provided with ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick represents my experience with C++/STL portability. It has been around in one form or another since 1998 or so. The web page for Magick++ is at "http://www.simplesystems.org/Magick++/index.html";. There are a few m4 macros included (most obtained from the autoconf macro archive) which test some STL features, but mostly test for basic C++ functionality.
Rather than assuming that anything that could possible be broken needs to be tested, I suggest that you start off with assuming that features defined by the C++ standard actually work and only implement work-arounds when necessary. In most cases, compilation problems can be resolved with very minor (and portable) fixes to the code.
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