Re: [pooma-dev] RFA: SGI CC Header Files

[Jeffrey Oldham]

On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 07:59:46PM -0700, Julian Cummings wrote:
> Jeffrey,
> 
> This patch seems OK to me.  There is a problem with respect
> to the SGI CC compiler because they do not provide standard
> new-style C headers to wrap C library stuff in the std namespace.
> 
> Michael Aivazis and I once looked into the idea of creating
> replacements for the missing new-style headers.  The most
> straightforward idea is, for example
> 
> // replacement for file <ctime>
> namespace std {
> #include <time.h>
> }
> 
> This works for everything except <cmath>, for very arcane
> reasons.  The successful alternative we came up with is
> 
> // better replacement for file <ctime>
> #include <time.h>
> 
> namespace std {
> // declare items from C library in namespace std
> using ::clock_t;
> using ::time_t;
> // etc. etc.
> }
> 
> We have these files checked into our Caltech VTF
> repository.  If no one objects, I'd like to bring these
> over and put them in a new directory src/arch/SGI.
> Then I can edit the SGIN32CC.conf and SGI64CC.conf
> files and add a -I flag for this platform-specific set
> of include files.  The gcc and KCC compilers can ignore
> these new headers, of course.  This should allow us to
> use new-style C headers and the std namespace in the
> standard way even with the SGI CC compiler.

It's fine with me.

Thanks,
Jeffrey D. Oldham
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