[MOAB-dev] MOAB build on windows

[Jason Kraftcheck]

James Porter wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 16:29 -0500, Jason Kraftcheck wrote:
>> James Porter wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 15:26 -0500, Jason Kraftcheck wrote:
>>>> #ifdef _MSC_VER
>>>> typedef unsigned _int16 uint16_t
>>>> #endif
>>> This is already in MBSysUtil.cpp, but the "hard" part is dealing with
>>> non-default configurations on Windows, such as #defining
>>> MOAB_FORCE_64_BIT_HANDLES. That'll probably fail since it uses int64_t
>>> in MBEntityHandle.h, which isn't defined on Windows either. It looks
>>> like everything that #includes stdint.h also includes MBEntityHandle.h,
>>> so I think we should consolidate the inclusions/typedefs to that file.
>>>
>>
>> We don't ever do MOAB_FORCE_64_BIT_HANDLES on windows.
> 
> Is there a reason we can't? (Other than the fact that it wouldn't
> compile). Or is it just that it would only work on a 64-bit system and
> then you wouldn't need to *force* it? In that case, replace 64 with 32,
> and you'd have the same sort of problem trying to use 32-bit handles on
> a 64-bit system.

Either handle size is usable on either system type.  However, it is not 
an important feature to be able to force this.  For most cases the 
default is fine, and using something other than the default means that 
the iMesh API cannot be built.  So why bother supporting it on Windows?


> 
> Either way, I consolidated the "#include <stdint.h>"s and fixed-width
> typedefs for Windows, so if we need to tweak them later (not likely)
> they're all in one place (MBEntityHandle.h.in).
> 

Okay.

- jason