I don't disagree in principle, but in my mind the end result of a failure because of an incompatible compiler should be the same as a failure of other prerequisite checks (Perl version, OS, etc). This goes back to your first point about extending ExtUtils::CppGuess, which seems like the correct longer-term solution.

:)

Well, for about 15 years now, I've seen these pre-compiler checks fail time after time

Having to fight the tools, every enhanced Makefile.PL or new baby is tiresome :D

Maybe 15 years from now these pre-compiler checks will be good enough to have final say

Perl has always been optimistic, it should always be optimistic, its optimistic to let compiler have final say

In reply to Re^5: Check compiler features before building XS module ( extra_compiler_flags -std=c++11 ) by Anonymous Monk
in thread Check compiler features before building XS module by jdv

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