Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 21:16:33 -0600 (CST)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: STL for DJGPP?
To: peter AT chinook DOT physics DOT utoronto DOT ca
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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>> > Is there an STL ported to DJGPP?  I know that gcc 2.7.2 comes with STL 
>> > (we have it at work on our SGI), so I was wondering if DJGPP would 
>> > compile it if I downloaded it from HP, our copied the include files from 
>> > my office gcc.  I'm knew to DJGPP so I don't know how well it does 
>> > templates - gcc seems pretty good.
>> 
>> I think that it's is in the libstdcx.a library (add -lstdcxx to the end of
>> your compilation command line).  The latest version of lgp271b.zip should
>> have it. 
>
>Actually, STL is the C++ Standard Template Library, and it is 
>implemented as a series of header files in which the templates are 
>defined.  I copied the files from my SGI machine and they seem to compile 
>OK, although somewhere I'm having trouble with an inline definition of 
>new(size_t, void*) - I think I can work it out.
>
>Congrats to all those involved in GPP and DJGPP.  STL causes most compilers 
>fits because it uses some cutting edge def's for templates.

Actually, last I checked the version of STL included in libg++ had to
be modified to work with GCC.

>By the way, I downloaded lgp271b.zip and I have libgpp.a from it.  I 
>assume that's an alias for libstdcx.a - am I wrong?

Yes.  You have the old lgp271b.zip; there is now a newer version with
libstdcx.a in it.  Note that libstdcx.a, the STL headers, iostream stuff,
and other classes which are part of the new ISO C++ standard do not impose
the LGPL restrictions because they are standard.  BTW, one tiny suggestion
for DJ:  Build cxx.exe (which is just like gxx.exe, but it only links
in libstdcx.a, not libgpp.a, so resulting programs are restriction-free
unless you manually specify required libraries -- it is now part of gcc
too).

>I've got gcc272b.zip from oakland and it doesn't have it.  I'll try coast 
>and see if it's there.

Some SimTel mirrors have been pretty flaky lately.  It doesn't help that
ftp.coast.net redirects to random mirrors with varying degrees of
up-to-dateness when it's busy, either.  Try ftp.cso.uiuc.edu.

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