[Scons-users] How to check if the C++ compiler supports `override`?

[Carsten Fuchs]

Hi Mark,

Am 04.08.2014 um 22:36 schrieb Mark A. Flacy:
> http://www.scons.org/doc/production/HTML/scons-user.html#idp24303632
>
> Pretty much the same way that autoconf would; try a test compile to see.

This works like a charm, many thanks for your quick reply!  :-)

Best regards,
Carsten


PS: Just for reference, here is the code that I use:

> envCommon = Environment()
>
> # [...]
> elif sys.platform=="linux2":
>     def CheckOverrideIdentifier(context):
>         source = """
>         class A
>         {
>             public:
>
>             virtual int f() const { return 1; }
>         }
>
>         class B : public A
>         {
>             public:
>
>             int f() const override { return 2; }
>         }
>
>         int main()
>         {
>             return 0;
>         }
>         """
>
>         context.Message('Checking for C++11 `override` identifier...')
>         result = context.TryLink(source, '.cpp')
>         context.Result(result)
>         return result
 >
 >     envCommon.Append(CCFLAGS = ["-std=c++0x"])  # CCFLAGS is also 
taken as the default value for CXXFLAGS.
>
>     conf = Configure(envCommon, custom_tests = {'CheckOverrideIdentifier' : CheckOverrideIdentifier})
>
>     if not conf.CheckOverrideIdentifier():
>         print "C++11 `override` identifier is not supported (defining an empty macro as a work-around)."
>         conf.env.Append(CPPDEFINES = [("override", "")])
>
>     envCommon = conf.Finish()
>
> # [...]