fix for opening files with VC++ 8 (closes bug 994337)

[wxWidgets.git] / acinclude.m4

diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index e49126ddcb48eac69249d2016a937a2d1d8fb7ea..81c6f2b474b2908b1239038315e711c25b5d6170 100644 (file)
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -580,3 +580,40 @@ if test "$enable_largefile" != no; then
     AC_MSG_RESULT($wx_largefile)
 fi
 ])
+
+
+dnl Available from the GNU Autoconf Macro Archive at:
+dnl http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_const_cast.html
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_CONST_CAST],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports const_cast<>,
+ac_cv_cxx_const_cast,
+[AC_LANG_SAVE
+ AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE(,[int x = 0;const int& y = x;int& z = const_cast<int&>(y);return z;],
+ ac_cv_cxx_const_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_const_cast=no)
+ AC_LANG_RESTORE
+])
+if test "$ac_cv_cxx_const_cast" = yes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CONST_CAST,,[define if the compiler supports const_cast<>])
+fi
+])
+
+dnl and http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_static_cast.html
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_STATIC_CAST],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports static_cast<>,
+ac_cv_cxx_static_cast,
+[AC_LANG_SAVE
+ AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <typeinfo>
+class Base { public : Base () {} virtual void f () = 0; };
+class Derived : public Base { public : Derived () {} virtual void f () {} };
+int g (Derived&) { return 0; }],[
+Derived d; Base& b = d; Derived& s = static_cast<Derived&> (b); return g (s);],
+ ac_cv_cxx_static_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_static_cast=no)
+ AC_LANG_RESTORE
+])
+if test "$ac_cv_cxx_static_cast" = yes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STATIC_CAST,, [define if the compiler supports static_cast<>])
+fi
+])