From 87ae3224cfc01850c2fb3a6c2f11f6ecf5f615aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Joaqu=C3=ADn=20M=2E=20L=C3=B3pez=20Mu=C3=B1oz?=
 <joaquin@tid.es>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 08:54:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] updated according to latest regression tests results

[SVN r22991]
---
 doc/compiler_specifics.html | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/compiler_specifics.html b/doc/compiler_specifics.html
index 468a23e..cdf1933 100644
--- a/doc/compiler_specifics.html
+++ b/doc/compiler_specifics.html
@@ -36,12 +36,15 @@ Boost Compiler Status Summary</a>.
 
 <ul>
   <li><a href="#bcb_64">Borland C++ Builder 6.4</a></li>
-  <li><a href="#gcc_32_cygwin">GNU GCC 3.3.1 (cygming special)</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#comeau_433_win">Comeau C/C++ 4.3.3 for Windows</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#gcc_32">GNU GCC 3.2 and later</a></li>
   <li><a href="#intel_7_win">Intel C++ Compiler for Windows 32-bit 7.0/7.1</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#intel_7_win_stlport_452">Intel C++ Compiler for Windows 32-bit 7.1 + STLport 4.5.2</a></li>
   <li><a href="#intel_8_win">Intel C++ Compiler for Windows 32-bit 8.0</a></li>
-  <li><a href="#cw_92_mac">Metrowerks CodeWarrior 9.2 for Mac OS</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#cw_92">Metrowerks CodeWarrior 9.2</a></li>
   <li><a href="#msvc_60">Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5</a></li>
-  <li><a href="#msvc_60_stlport_462">Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5 + STLport 4.6.2</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#msvc_60_stlport_452">Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5 + STLport 4.5.2</a></li>
+  <li><a href="#msvc_70">Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0</a></li>
   <li><a href="#msvc_71">Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1</a></li>
 </ul>
 
@@ -54,12 +57,27 @@ future versions of the library can be made to work under
 this compiler.
 </p>
 
-<h2><a name="gcc_32_cygwin">GNU GCC 3.3.1 (cygming special)</a></h2>
+<h2><a name="comeau_433_win">Comeau C/C++ 4.3.3 for Windows</a></h2>
 
 <p>
-No problems have been detected with this compiler. The tests were
-performed under Cygwin 1.5.7. Most likely Boost.MultiIndex will work seamlessly
-for GNU GCC 3.3 or later under any platform.
+No problems have been detected with this compiler.
+</p>
+
+<h2><a name="gcc_32">GNU GCC 3.2 and later</a></h2>
+
+<p>
+No problems have been detected with several versions of this compiler
+starting from 3.2. The following versions have been explicitly tested:
+<ul>
+  <li>GCC 3.2 20020927 (prerelease) under Cygwin 1.5.7,</li>
+  <li>GCC 3.2.3 under Linux,</li>
+  <li>GCC 3.3 20030304 under Mac OS,</li>
+  <li>GCC 3.3.1 (cygming special) under Cygwin 1.5.7,</li>
+  <li>GCC 3.3.2 under Linux,</li>
+  <li>GCC 3.3.3 under Linux,</li>
+  <li>GCC 3.4.0 under Linux,</li>
+  <li>GCC 3.4.0 under Solaris.</li>
+</ul>
 </p>
 
 <h2><a name="intel_7_win">Intel C++ Compiler for Windows 32-bit 7.0/7.1</a></h2>
@@ -82,19 +100,28 @@ In these cases you might need to explicitly qualify global names with
 <code>::boost::multi_index</code>.
 </p>
 
+<h2><a name="#intel_7_win_stlport_452">
+Intel C++ Compiler for Windows 32-bit 7.1 + STLport 4.5.2</a></h2>
+
+<p>
+Boost.MultiIndex works for this configuration. The same limitations apply as
+in Intel C++ 7.1 with its original Dinkumware standard library. STLport 4.6.2 has
+also been confirmed to work correctly.
+</p>
+
 <h2><a name="intel_8_win">Intel C++ Compiler for Windows 32-bit 8.0</a></h2>
 
 <p>
 No problems have been detected with this compiler.
 </p>
 
-<h2><a name="cw_92_mac">Metrowerks CodeWarrior 9.2 for Mac OS</a></h2>
+<h2><a name="cw_92">Metrowerks CodeWarrior 9.2</a></h2>
 
 <p>
-No problems have been detected with this compiler.
+Boost.MultiIndex works correctly with this compiler, under the two operating
+systems tested: Mac OS and Windows.
 </p>
 
-
 <h2><a name="msvc_60">Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5</a></h2>
 
 <p>
@@ -159,6 +186,7 @@ topics section.
 </p>
 
 <hr>
+
 <p>
 MSVC++ 6.0 presents serious limitations for the maximum length of
 symbol names generated by the compiler, which might result in the
@@ -266,13 +294,57 @@ The following measures can help alleviate these problems:
 </p>
 
 <h2>
-<a name="msvc_60_stlport_462">Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5
-+ STLport 4.6.2</a>
+<a name="msvc_60_stlport_452">Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5
++ STLport 4.5.2</a>
 </h2>
 
 <p>
 Boost.MultiIndex works for this configuration. The same limitations apply as
-in MSVC++ 6.0 with its original Dinkumware standard library.
+in MSVC++ 6.0 with its original Dinkumware standard library. STLport 4.6.2 has
+also been confirmed to work correctly.
+</p>
+
+<h2><a name="msvc_70">Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0</a></h2>
+
+<p>
+<a href="reference/key_extraction.html#member"><code>member</code></a> not supported,
+replace with
+<a href="reference/key_extraction.html#member_offset"><code>member_offset</code></a> or
+use the cross-platform macro
+<a href="reference/key_extraction.html#boost_multi_index_member">
+<code>BOOST_MULTI_INDEX_MEMBER</code></a>.
+</p>
+
+<hr>
+
+<p>
+No support for <a href="reference/multi_index_container.html#index_retrieval">index retrieval</a>
+and <a href="reference/multi_index_container.html#projection">projection</a>
+nested types and member functions:
+<ul>
+  <li><code>nth_index</code>,</li>
+  <li><code>index</code>,</li>
+  <li><code>nth_index_iterator</code>,</li>
+  <li><code>nth_index_const_iterator</code>,</li>
+  <li><code>index_iterator</code>,</li>
+  <li><code>index_const_iterator</code>,</li>
+  <li><code>get</code>,</li>
+  <li><code>project</code>.</li>
+</ul>
+You can use instead their global equivalents. Also, this compiler does not
+implement Koenig lookup, so you might need to explicitly qualify these
+global names with <code>::boost::multi_index</code>.
+</p>
+
+<hr>
+
+<p>
+The lack of partial template specialization support in MSVC++ 7.0
+results in some inconveniences when using <code>composite_key</code> that
+can be remedied as explained in
+<a href="advanced_topics.html#composite_key_no_pts">"<code>composite_key</code>
+in compilers without partial template specialization"</a> on the advanced
+topics section.
 </p>
 
 <h2><a name="msvc_71">Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1</a></h2>
@@ -301,7 +373,7 @@ Performance
 
 <br>
 
-<p>Revised May 28th 2004</p>
+<p>Revised June 1st 2004</p>
 
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 Distributed under the Boost Software