• d-bugmail puremagic.com Dec 04 2006
• =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= <afb algonet.se> Dec 04 2006

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=646

           Summary: GDC does not set version(Windows) by default.
           Product: GDC
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: P5
         Component: glue layer
        AssignedTo: dvdfrdmn users.sf.net
        ReportedBy: default_357-line yahoo.de


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.
See also http://lists.puremagic.com/pipermail/d.gnu/2006-November/000492.html


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 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