// Recommended setting: 1 as setting it to 0 disables many other things
#define wxUSE_STREAMS 1
+// This is not a real option but is used as the default value for
+// wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM and wxUSE_STD_STRING.
+//
+// Currently the Digital Mars and Watcom compilers come without standard C++
+// library headers by default, wxUSE_STD_STRING can be set to 1 if you do have
+// them (e.g. from STLPort).
+//
+// VC++ 5.0 does include standard C++ library headers, however they produce
+// many warnings that can't be turned off when compiled at warning level 4.
+#if defined(__DMC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__) \
+ || (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1200)
+ #define wxUSE_STD_DEFAULT 0
+#else
+ #define wxUSE_STD_DEFAULT 1
+#endif
+
// Use standard C++ streams if 1 instead of wx streams in some places. If
// disabled (default), wx streams are used everywhere and wxWidgets doesn't
// depend on the standard streams library.
// Recommended setting: 1 if you use the standard streams anyhow and so
// dependency on the standard streams library is not a
// problem
-#define wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM 0
+#define wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM wxUSE_STD_DEFAULT
// Enable conversion to standard C++ string if 1.
//
// Default is 1 for most compilers.
//
-// Currently the Digital Mars and Watcom compilers come without standard C++
-// library headers by default, wxUSE_STD_STRING can be set to 1 if you do have
-// them (e.g. from STLPort).
-//
-// VC++ 5.0 does include standard C++ library header, however they produce
-// many warnings that can't be turned off when compiled at warning level 4.
-#if defined(__DMC__) || defined(__WATCOMC__) \
- || (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1200)
- #define wxUSE_STD_STRING 0
-#else
- #define wxUSE_STD_STRING 1
-#endif
+// Recommended setting: 1 unless you want to ensure your program doesn't use
+// the standard C++ library at all.
+#define wxUSE_STD_STRING wxUSE_STD_DEFAULT
// Support for positional parameters (e.g. %1$d, %2$s ...) in wxVsnprintf.
// Note that if the system's implementation does not support positional
#define REMOVE_UNUSED_ARG 1
// VC++ 4.2 and above allows <iostream> and <iostream.h> but you can't mix
-// them. Set to 1 for <iostream.h>, 0 for <iostream>. Note that VC++ 7.1
-// and later doesn't support wxUSE_IOSTREAMH == 1 and so <iostream> will be
-// used anyhow.
+// them. Set this option to 1 to use <iostream.h>, 0 to use <iostream>.
//
-// Default is 1.
+// Note that newer compilers (including VC++ 7.1 and later) don't support
+// wxUSE_IOSTREAMH == 1 and so <iostream> will be used anyhow.
+//
+// Default is 0.
//
-// Recommended setting: whatever your compiler likes more
-#define wxUSE_IOSTREAMH 1
+// Recommended setting: 0, only set to 1 if you use a really old compiler
+#define wxUSE_IOSTREAMH 0
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// image format support