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Re: [RFC PATCH] No more boost::context

 

On 23.01.2016 23:53, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> I found the issue in Boost causing crashes on x86_64 windows builds.
>> > 
>> > Now I have no doubt why Windows Boost developers may have a very good
>> > reason to hate the x86 GNU assembler (well, not the tool itself but its
>> > infamous AT&T syntax). Look at the code below:
>> > 
>> > mov $0x8, %rcx
>> > mov 0x8, %rcx
>> > 
>> > Translated to a more human-readable form, these two lines mean:
>> > 
>> > mov rcx, 0x8
>> > mov rcx, qword [ds:0x8]
> Great catch!.  That is just too easy to overlook.
> 

Hi all,

I've filed bug reports & sent patches both to boost & MSYS2 maintainers.

Cheers,
T.


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