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Re: Impossible level?


From: Kenneth Gangstoe
Subject: Re: Impossible level?
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 15:59:51 +0200
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If you compile as a static app (which is pretty default I think), you
don't need any runtime MS C DLL's.

I dont understand this __gc problem you mention. 

VC7 has a superior STL implementation, and that is reason enough to use
VC6 as the default build IMO.

- Kenneth

Quoting Neil Mitchell (address@hidden):
> | You are using MSVC6 I guess? MSVC6 has problems with templates which are
> | used in blitter.cxx and blitterimpl.hxx. If so you can use the patch I've
> | committed this morning (Mo 07.04.03 08:52), it should fix the problem. I
> | don't know if Ingo commits the patch to cvs, but even if not, we VC6ers
> can
> | either update to .net or keep these 2 files as our own local versions...
> Yep, its VC6.
> 
> I'm not sure its a good idea to update to VC7 because it uses a different
> version of MS C runtime DLL's, which are bigger, and aren't on every
> computer, while the VC5/6 ones are the same and everyone who has installed
> anything will have them. Also VC7 has lots of "extra stuff", i.e. __gc to
> make a class garbage collected, and its only a matter of time before
> something conflicts in some way. Because of this its probably best to keep
> VC6 as the default build for pingus on windows.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Neil
> 
> 
> 
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