[Issue 646] New: GDC does not set version(Windows) by default.

Anders F Björklund afb at algonet.se
Mon Dec 4 02:12:59 PST 2006


> GDC does not set version(Windows) by default (Win32 however it does). It also
> (as of the current version as well as svn) does not allow you to set
> -fversion(Windows), claiming Windows is reserved and cannot be set.
> This forces users to change the standard headers (to use version(Win32), which
> is curiously set) in order to use phobos at all.

"DMD does not set version(Unix) by default (linux however it does). This 
forces GDC to change the standard headers (to use version(Unix) and 
change std.c.linux.linux to std.c.unix.unix), in order to use phobos at 
all."

I think this issue runs deeper than just GDC using Win32 for MinGW OS ?

--anders



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