[Insight-developers] Test programs that won't compile

[Bill Hoffman]

I agree.   The biggest problem is C++ itself.  Since C++ is not binary
compatible across compilers, third party libraries must be compiled with
the same compiler.  There are many commercial libraries that will be 
available only compiled with the Microsoft compiler.  This is the same
reason that the SGI compiler is demanded by those using SGI's, and the
same for SUN and HP.   To support a platform, you have to support that
manufactures native compiler.   So, we are stuck with the MS compiler
as the least common denominator.   It will keep us grounded... 
We could go with the KAI compiler, and not support SGI, SUN, or MS.
It certainly would be possible to develop a library that does that.
I do not think that is the path we should take.

-Bill


At 09:50 AM 11/28/00 -0500, Stephen Aylward wrote:
>Regretfully, MS is the most popular compiler on Windows.   In my opinion, we have to support it if we want to support PCs.   Cygwin is nice, but most people don't use it. 
>
>Just my 2-cents. 
>
>s 
>
>Ross Whitaker wrote: 
>>The MS compiler does not support templated member functions....? 
>>
>>Wow, that's amazing.  Templated member functions are pretty basic. 
>>
>>I have brought this up before, and have been soundly rebuffed, but have we considered supporting some other compiler that 
>>runs on Wndows instead of the MS compiler? 
>>
>>Hypothetically, how bad would the MS compiler have to be for us not to support it?  Suppose it only compiled C programs, 
>>would we just write everything in C and continue to "support" the MS compiler? 
>>
>>If MS is *not* planning on fixing these kinds of things anyway, then why we should we tie ourselves to such a compiler? 
>>
>>I suspect that the typical "market" for this toolkit will be sophisticated enough to install another compiler if they have 
>>to.  Don't you think so? 
>>
>>Regards, 
>>
>>Ross 
>>
>>Bill Hoffman wrote: 
>>
>> > On windows, all of those fail except itkBasicArchitectureTest. 
>> > The problem seems to be in ikNeightborhood.txx. 
>> > It is using a member template. 
>> > I know that the microsoft compiler does not support templated member functions, unless they are in the class definition. 
>> > 
>>
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