On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Brent Dax wrote: > It looks like $Config{gccversion} is empty unless we're using gcc. > However, I can't confirm this--I have access to one system using cl and > another system using gcc, and it's consistent across those two, but I > can't check others. Is it?
Yes. According to the Config.pm documentation (e.g. C< perldoc Config >) "gccversion" From gccvers.U: If "GNU" cc (gcc) is used, this variable holds "1" or "2" to indicate whether the compiler is version 1 or 2. This is used in setting some of the default cflags. It is set to '' if not gcc. Actually, in more recent perls, it could contain a full string, such as '2.95.4 20010319 (Debian prerelease)', so don't go looking for an exact match. I also don't have a gcc-3 handy to check what it returns. But gccversion is still set to '' if not gcc. -- Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept. of Physics Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042