Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of Guidelines/WarningsGuidelines

Timestamp:

Jan 13, 2011, 9:35:35 AM (12 years ago)

Author:

Paul A. Bristow

Comment:

Added info on Sun, and Limit on push'h'pop limit on gcc and MSVC

Guidelines/WarningsGuidelines

@@ -191 +191 @@
 For MSVC, this involves pushing to save the current warning state, disabling the warning, and later popping to restore (abbreviated as ''push'n'pop''). See [@http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2c8f766e%28v=VS.100%29.aspx warnings]
 
-'''BUT''' there is a limit to how many times (56) this can be used, so it is always much better to 'fix' than to suppress warnings.
+There is a limit to how many times (56) this can be used, so it is always much better to 'fix' than to suppress warnings.
 
 "The compiler only supports up to 56 #pragma warning statements in a compiland"
 
-This limit may be reached in practice with Boost code.
+This limit might be reached in practice with Boost code.
+
+But it is now believed that this limit value is incorrect and that there is no practical limit, see post by
+[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/212485/match=gcc+warnings Stephan T. Lavavej]
+
+On GCC there does not appear to be a practical limit, see post by
+[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/212484/match=gcc+warnings Patrick Horgan].
 
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@@ -692 +698 @@
 '''Borland'''
 
-
 Information needed here.
+
+'''Sun'''
+
+[http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/802-5660/6i9debhqe?a=view some Sun workarounds] to some Sun compiler errors/warnings.
+
+