[macstl-dev] Integrating Linux changes, or that funny return type issue

[Michael LeBlanc]

On Jun 4, 2005, at 10:37 AM, Glen Low wrote:

>> I've integrated most of your changes but not having a YDL box handy I 
>> can't really test. I'm definitely supporting only gcc >= 3.4.2 on 
>> Linux because of the vector bool issues.
>>
>> I noticed one of the first changes you made related to mainline 3.3 
>> ickiness with return values within templates. I'm wondering whether 
>> it still holds for 3.4.2 and above; please try to compile:
>> ...
>> On mainline 3.3, the "__vector unsigned int operator() () const" line 
>> caused major unpleasantness IIRC.
>
> I didn't get a reply from you.

The dog ate my homework. :-)  I have to wait until tomorrow because we 
lost (gulp!) the disk containing my home directory.  My first attempts 
suggest that a good many of my changes are not needed >= 3.4.2.  I'll 
try to issue a complete report + 24 hours.

Mike