Re: MSVC compilation problem: std::abs<int64_t> does not exist

[Jaroslav Hajek]

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:30 PM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 30-Oct-2008, Michael Goffioul wrote:
>
> | The fix I used up to now is to add
> |
> | namespace std
> | {
> |   inline __int64 abs (__int64 x)
> |   { return (x >= 0 ? x : -x); }
> | }
> |
> | in lo-math.h. This is enough to work around the problem.
> | I surrounded this definition with #ifdef that is only active
> | for MSVC, so as to not interfere with the other compilers.
> | Wouldn't that be enough?
>
> I would prefer to simply fix it for all systems, or at least use a
> configure check for this specific feature rather than simply using
> #ifdef MSVC since MSVC could change in the future and require this to
> be fixed again.
>

OK, good point. I'll revert to the original idea, then.


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