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Article #476Re: what STL does BCB 2006 support?
From: nhmark64
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:44
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 05:44
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Thanks, I will give it a try On 22 Jan 2006 12:04:07 -0700, "AlisdairM" <alisdair.meredith@uk.renaultf1.com> wrote: >nhmark64@newsgroup.nospam wrote: > >> I am curently using stlport_4(1).5_for_c_builder_6. Does BCB 2006 >> support a STL? If so is it backwards compatible with >> stlport_4(1).5_for_c_builder_6? > >BCB2006 license their STL from Dinkumware, who are probably the most >respected vendor of standard libraries in the market - for most >customers this will be A Very Good ThingTM. > >I don't think there is a bug-compatible STLport implementation >available, so if you rely on specific features or extensions in STLport >you will have a little upgrading to do. If your code simply relied on >ISO Standard Library, then it should compile fine. > >We found a few obscure bugs in our own code while evaluating the >upgrade, mostly to do with const correctness. So we think the upgrade >is a good thing ;?) > >Likewise, it looks like the bug-compatible version of Rogue Wave that >shipped with BCB6 is also gone. So you will definitely have to move >forward if you make the upgrade. > >Unless you are doing something strange in the way you use the STL >though, I really wouldn't expect this to be a troublesome part of the >upgrade.
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