[Bf-committers] MEM_CacheLimiter breaks msvc6 compile unrepairable - *Ping*

[Stealth Apprentice]

The STL that comes with gcc & MSVC 7+ are both
excellent.

STLPort hasn't been updated since 2004, and has subtle
deviations from the spec, particularly with
implementations of allocators.

The gcc/MSVC STLs are thoroughly vetted with regards
multi-threading, reentrancy, & the MSVC version is
properly adorned for DLL export, and I expect that the
gcc version will be too as the new ABI is rolled out.

I used STLPort for years, but stopped using it when
the out of the box STL's surpassed it. The portability
and standards/compliance issues weren't worth it.

In addition I am not in favor of introducing a big new
dependency like STLPort to Blender.

--- Peter Schlaile <peter at schlaile.de> wrote:

> Hi Simon,
> 
> > Regarding the STL errors, would STLport
> (www.stlport.org) help here?
> 
> No. It is a problem with the MSVC-6 compiler
> supporting allocators
> correctly.
> 
> > If necessary, this could become an official
> requirement as it provides a
> > cross-platform STL implementation. Alternatively,
> (and perhaps
> > preferably) couldn't our classes be rewritten to
> remove these allocator
> > problems? Peter, any ideas?
> 
> Interesting. The allocator is needed to use the
> guardedalloc of blender on
> stl-containers. This was requested by Ton since he
> did not want to have
> STL memory management mixed with Blender's internal
> allocator.
> There were two ways to accomplish this: write my own
> list class (yiieeks)
> or add an allocator (nice way).
> 
> What bugs me: I do not understand why MSVC-6 does
> not like my code.
> I don't use rebind. But see thread below.
> 
> Greetings,
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
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