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  29. <p>
  30. This section contains some information about how various compilers work with
  31. this library. It is not comprehensive and updated experiences are always welcome.
  32. Some effort has been made to suppress unhelpful warnings but it is difficult
  33. to achieve this on all systems.
  34. </p>
  35. <div class="table">
  36. <a name="math_toolkit.compilers_overview.supported_tested_compilers"></a><p class="title"><b>Table&#160;1.9.&#160;Supported/Tested Compilers</b></p>
  37. <div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Supported/Tested Compilers">
  38. <colgroup>
  39. <col>
  40. <col>
  41. <col>
  42. <col>
  43. </colgroup>
  44. <thead><tr>
  45. <th>
  46. <p>
  47. Platform
  48. </p>
  49. </th>
  50. <th>
  51. <p>
  52. Compiler
  53. </p>
  54. </th>
  55. <th>
  56. <p>
  57. Has long double support
  58. </p>
  59. </th>
  60. <th>
  61. <p>
  62. Notes
  63. </p>
  64. </th>
  65. </tr></thead>
  66. <tbody>
  67. <tr>
  68. <td>
  69. <p>
  70. Windows
  71. </p>
  72. </td>
  73. <td>
  74. <p>
  75. MSVC 7.1 and later
  76. </p>
  77. </td>
  78. <td>
  79. <p>
  80. Yes
  81. </p>
  82. </td>
  83. <td>
  84. <p>
  85. All tests OK.
  86. </p>
  87. <p>
  88. We aim to keep our headers warning free at level 4 with this compiler.
  89. </p>
  90. </td>
  91. </tr>
  92. <tr>
  93. <td>
  94. <p>
  95. Windows
  96. </p>
  97. </td>
  98. <td>
  99. <p>
  100. Intel 8.1 and later
  101. </p>
  102. </td>
  103. <td>
  104. <p>
  105. Yes
  106. </p>
  107. </td>
  108. <td>
  109. <p>
  110. All tests OK.
  111. </p>
  112. <p>
  113. We aim to keep our headers warning free at level 4 with this compiler.
  114. However, The tests cases tend to generate a lot of warnings relating
  115. to numeric underflow of the test data: these are harmless.
  116. </p>
  117. </td>
  118. </tr>
  119. <tr>
  120. <td>
  121. <p>
  122. Windows
  123. </p>
  124. </td>
  125. <td>
  126. <p>
  127. GNU Mingw32 C++
  128. </p>
  129. </td>
  130. <td>
  131. <p>
  132. Yes
  133. </p>
  134. </td>
  135. <td>
  136. <p>
  137. All tests OK.
  138. </p>
  139. <p>
  140. We aim to keep our headers warning free with -Wall with this compiler.
  141. </p>
  142. </td>
  143. </tr>
  144. <tr>
  145. <td>
  146. <p>
  147. Windows
  148. </p>
  149. </td>
  150. <td>
  151. <p>
  152. GNU Cygwin C++
  153. </p>
  154. </td>
  155. <td>
  156. <p>
  157. No
  158. </p>
  159. </td>
  160. <td>
  161. <p>
  162. All tests OK.
  163. </p>
  164. <p>
  165. We aim to keep our headers warning free with -Wall with this compiler.
  166. </p>
  167. <p>
  168. Long double support has been disabled because there are no native
  169. long double C std library functions available.
  170. </p>
  171. </td>
  172. </tr>
  173. <tr>
  174. <td>
  175. <p>
  176. Windows
  177. </p>
  178. </td>
  179. <td>
  180. <p>
  181. Borland C++ 5.8.2 (Developer studio 2006)
  182. </p>
  183. </td>
  184. <td>
  185. <p>
  186. No
  187. </p>
  188. </td>
  189. <td>
  190. <p>
  191. We have only partial compatibility with this compiler:
  192. </p>
  193. <p>
  194. Long double support has been disabled because the native long double
  195. C standard library functions really only forward to the double versions.
  196. This can result in unpredictable behaviour when using the long double
  197. overloads: for example <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">sqrtl</span></code>
  198. applied to a finite value, can result in an infinite result.
  199. </p>
  200. <p>
  201. Some functions still fail to compile, there are no known workarounds
  202. at present.
  203. </p>
  204. </td>
  205. </tr>
  206. <tr>
  207. <td>
  208. <p>
  209. Windows 7/Netbeans 7.2
  210. </p>
  211. </td>
  212. <td>
  213. <p>
  214. Clang 3.1
  215. </p>
  216. </td>
  217. <td>
  218. <p>
  219. Yes
  220. </p>
  221. </td>
  222. <td>
  223. <p>
  224. Spot examples OK. Expect all tests to compile and run OK.
  225. </p>
  226. </td>
  227. </tr>
  228. <tr>
  229. <td>
  230. <p>
  231. Linux
  232. </p>
  233. </td>
  234. <td>
  235. <p>
  236. GNU C++ 3.4 and later
  237. </p>
  238. </td>
  239. <td>
  240. <p>
  241. Yes
  242. </p>
  243. </td>
  244. <td>
  245. <p>
  246. All tests OK.
  247. </p>
  248. <p>
  249. We aim to keep our headers warning free with -Wall with this compiler.
  250. </p>
  251. </td>
  252. </tr>
  253. <tr>
  254. <td>
  255. <p>
  256. Linux
  257. </p>
  258. </td>
  259. <td>
  260. <p>
  261. Clang 3.2
  262. </p>
  263. </td>
  264. <td>
  265. <p>
  266. Yes
  267. </p>
  268. </td>
  269. <td>
  270. <p>
  271. All tests OK.
  272. </p>
  273. </td>
  274. </tr>
  275. <tr>
  276. <td>
  277. <p>
  278. Linux
  279. </p>
  280. </td>
  281. <td>
  282. <p>
  283. Intel C++ 10.0 and later
  284. </p>
  285. </td>
  286. <td>
  287. <p>
  288. Yes
  289. </p>
  290. </td>
  291. <td>
  292. <p>
  293. All tests OK.
  294. </p>
  295. <p>
  296. We aim to keep our headers warning free with -Wall with this compiler.
  297. However, The tests cases tend to generate a lot of warnings relating
  298. to numeric underflow of the test data: these are harmless.
  299. </p>
  300. </td>
  301. </tr>
  302. <tr>
  303. <td>
  304. <p>
  305. Linux
  306. </p>
  307. </td>
  308. <td>
  309. <p>
  310. Intel C++ 8.1 and 9.1
  311. </p>
  312. </td>
  313. <td>
  314. <p>
  315. No
  316. </p>
  317. </td>
  318. <td>
  319. <p>
  320. All tests OK.
  321. </p>
  322. <p>
  323. Long double support has been disabled with these compiler releases
  324. because calling the standard library long double math functions can
  325. result in a segfault. The issue is Linux distribution and glibc version
  326. specific and is Intel bug report #409291. Fully up to date releases
  327. of Intel 9.1 (post version l_cc_c_9.1.046) shouldn't have this problem.
  328. If you need long double support with this compiler, then comment
  329. out the define of BOOST_MATH_NO_LONG_DOUBLE_MATH_FUNCTIONS at line
  330. 55 of <a href="../../../../../boost/math/tools/config.hpp" target="_top">boost/math/tools/config.hpp</a>.
  331. </p>
  332. <p>
  333. We aim to keep our headers warning free with -Wall with this compiler.
  334. However, The tests cases tend to generate a lot of warnings relating
  335. to numeric underflow of the test data: these are harmless.
  336. </p>
  337. </td>
  338. </tr>
  339. <tr>
  340. <td>
  341. <p>
  342. Linux
  343. </p>
  344. </td>
  345. <td>
  346. <p>
  347. QLogic PathScale 3.0
  348. </p>
  349. </td>
  350. <td>
  351. <p>
  352. Yes
  353. </p>
  354. </td>
  355. <td>
  356. <p>
  357. Some tests involving conceptual checks fail to build, otherwise there
  358. appear to be no issues.
  359. </p>
  360. </td>
  361. </tr>
  362. <tr>
  363. <td>
  364. <p>
  365. Linux
  366. </p>
  367. </td>
  368. <td>
  369. <p>
  370. Sun Studio 12
  371. </p>
  372. </td>
  373. <td>
  374. <p>
  375. Yes
  376. </p>
  377. </td>
  378. <td>
  379. <p>
  380. Some tests involving function overload resolution fail to build,
  381. these issues should be rarely encountered in practice.
  382. </p>
  383. </td>
  384. </tr>
  385. <tr>
  386. <td>
  387. <p>
  388. Solaris
  389. </p>
  390. </td>
  391. <td>
  392. <p>
  393. Sun Studio 12
  394. </p>
  395. </td>
  396. <td>
  397. <p>
  398. Yes
  399. </p>
  400. </td>
  401. <td>
  402. <p>
  403. Some tests involving function overload resolution fail to build,
  404. these issues should be rarely encountered in practice.
  405. </p>
  406. </td>
  407. </tr>
  408. <tr>
  409. <td>
  410. <p>
  411. Solaris
  412. </p>
  413. </td>
  414. <td>
  415. <p>
  416. GNU C++ 4.x
  417. </p>
  418. </td>
  419. <td>
  420. <p>
  421. Yes
  422. </p>
  423. </td>
  424. <td>
  425. <p>
  426. All tests OK.
  427. </p>
  428. <p>
  429. We aim to keep our headers warning free with -Wall with this compiler.
  430. </p>
  431. </td>
  432. </tr>
  433. <tr>
  434. <td>
  435. <p>
  436. HP Tru64
  437. </p>
  438. </td>
  439. <td>
  440. <p>
  441. Compaq C++ 7.1
  442. </p>
  443. </td>
  444. <td>
  445. <p>
  446. Yes
  447. </p>
  448. </td>
  449. <td>
  450. <p>
  451. All tests OK.
  452. </p>
  453. </td>
  454. </tr>
  455. <tr>
  456. <td>
  457. <p>
  458. HP-UX Itanium
  459. </p>
  460. </td>
  461. <td>
  462. <p>
  463. HP aCC 6.x
  464. </p>
  465. </td>
  466. <td>
  467. <p>
  468. Yes
  469. </p>
  470. </td>
  471. <td>
  472. <p>
  473. All tests OK.
  474. </p>
  475. <p>
  476. Unfortunately this compiler emits quite a few warnings from libraries
  477. upon which we depend (TR1, Array etc).
  478. </p>
  479. </td>
  480. </tr>
  481. <tr>
  482. <td>
  483. <p>
  484. HP-UX PA-RISC
  485. </p>
  486. </td>
  487. <td>
  488. <p>
  489. GNU C++ 3.4
  490. </p>
  491. </td>
  492. <td>
  493. <p>
  494. No
  495. </p>
  496. </td>
  497. <td>
  498. <p>
  499. All tests OK.
  500. </p>
  501. </td>
  502. </tr>
  503. <tr>
  504. <td>
  505. <p>
  506. Apple Mac OS X, Intel
  507. </p>
  508. </td>
  509. <td>
  510. <p>
  511. Darwin/GNU C++ 4.x
  512. </p>
  513. </td>
  514. <td>
  515. <p>
  516. Yes
  517. </p>
  518. </td>
  519. <td>
  520. <p>
  521. All tests OK.
  522. </p>
  523. </td>
  524. </tr>
  525. <tr>
  526. <td>
  527. <p>
  528. Apple Mac OS X, PowerPC
  529. </p>
  530. </td>
  531. <td>
  532. <p>
  533. Darwin/GNU C++ 4.x
  534. </p>
  535. </td>
  536. <td>
  537. <p>
  538. No
  539. </p>
  540. </td>
  541. <td>
  542. <p>
  543. All tests OK.
  544. </p>
  545. <p>
  546. Long double support has been disabled on this platform due to the
  547. rather strange nature of Darwin's 106-bit long double implementation.
  548. It should be possible to make this work if someone is prepared to
  549. offer assistance.
  550. </p>
  551. </td>
  552. </tr>
  553. <tr>
  554. <td>
  555. <p>
  556. Apple Mac OS X,
  557. </p>
  558. </td>
  559. <td>
  560. <p>
  561. Clang 3.2
  562. </p>
  563. </td>
  564. <td>
  565. <p>
  566. Yes
  567. </p>
  568. </td>
  569. <td>
  570. <p>
  571. All tests expected to be OK.
  572. </p>
  573. </td>
  574. </tr>
  575. <tr>
  576. <td>
  577. <p>
  578. IBM AIX
  579. </p>
  580. </td>
  581. <td>
  582. <p>
  583. IBM xlc 5.3
  584. </p>
  585. </td>
  586. <td>
  587. <p>
  588. Yes
  589. </p>
  590. </td>
  591. <td>
  592. <p>
  593. All tests pass except for our fpclassify tests which fail due to
  594. a bug in <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">numeric_limits</span></code>, the bug effects
  595. the test code, not fpclassify itself. The IBM compiler group are
  596. aware of the problem.
  597. </p>
  598. </td>
  599. </tr>
  600. </tbody>
  601. </table></div>
  602. </div>
  603. <br class="table-break"><div class="table">
  604. <a name="math_toolkit.compilers_overview.unsupported_compilers"></a><p class="title"><b>Table&#160;1.10.&#160;Unsupported Compilers</b></p>
  605. <div class="table-contents"><table class="table" summary="Unsupported Compilers">
  606. <colgroup>
  607. <col>
  608. <col>
  609. </colgroup>
  610. <thead><tr>
  611. <th>
  612. <p>
  613. Platform
  614. </p>
  615. </th>
  616. <th>
  617. <p>
  618. Compiler
  619. </p>
  620. </th>
  621. </tr></thead>
  622. <tbody>
  623. <tr>
  624. <td>
  625. <p>
  626. Windows
  627. </p>
  628. </td>
  629. <td>
  630. <p>
  631. Borland C++ 5.9.2 (Borland Developer Studio 2007)
  632. </p>
  633. </td>
  634. </tr>
  635. <tr>
  636. <td>
  637. <p>
  638. Windows
  639. </p>
  640. </td>
  641. <td>
  642. <p>
  643. MSVC 6 and 7
  644. </p>
  645. </td>
  646. </tr>
  647. </tbody>
  648. </table></div>
  649. </div>
  650. <br class="table-break"><p>
  651. If your compiler or platform is not listed above, please try running the regression
  652. tests: cd into boost-root/libs/math/test and do a:
  653. </p>
  654. <pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">bjam</span> <span class="identifier">mytoolset</span>
  655. </pre>
  656. <p>
  657. where "mytoolset" is the name of the <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/bbv2.html" target="_top">Boost.Build</a>
  658. toolset used for your compiler. The chances are that <span class="bold"><strong>many
  659. of the accuracy tests will fail at this stage</strong></span> - don't panic - the
  660. default acceptable error tolerances are quite tight, especially for long double
  661. types with an extended exponent range (these cause more extreme test cases
  662. to be executed for some functions). You will need to cast an eye over the output
  663. from the failing tests and make a judgement as to whether the error rates are
  664. acceptable or not.
  665. </p>
  666. </div>
  667. <table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr>
  668. <td align="left"></td>
  669. <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright &#169; 2006-2019 Nikhar
  670. Agrawal, Anton Bikineev, Paul A. Bristow, Marco Guazzone, Christopher Kormanyos,
  671. Hubert Holin, Bruno Lalande, John Maddock, Jeremy Murphy, Matthew Pulver, Johan
  672. R&#229;de, Gautam Sewani, Benjamin Sobotta, Nicholas Thompson, Thijs van den Berg,
  673. Daryle Walker and Xiaogang Zhang<p>
  674. Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
  675. file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)
  676. </p>
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