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2          Copyright Oliver Kowalke 2014.
3 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
4    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
5          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt
6]
7
8[section:requirements Requirements]
9
10If __boost_context__ uses fcontext_t (the default) as its implementation,
11it must be built for the particular compiler(s) and CPU architecture(s)
12being targeted.
13Using [link implementation ['fcontext_t]], __boost_context__ includes assembly
14code and, therefore, requires GNU as and GNU preprocessor for supported POSIX
15systems, MASM for Windows/x86 systems and ARMasm for Windows/arm systems.
16
17[note MASM64 (ml64.exe) is a part of Microsoft's Windows Driver Kit.]
18
19[important Please note that `address-model=64` must be given to bjam command
20line on 64bit Windows for 64bit build; otherwise 32bit code will be generated.]
21
22[important For cross-compiling the lib you must specify certain additional
23properties at bjam command line: `target-os`, `abi`, `binary-format`,
24`architecture` and `address-model`.]
25
26[important Windows using fcontext_t: for safe SEH the property 'asmflags=\safeseh' must be specified at
27bjam command line.]
28
29[important Windows using fcontext_t: turn off global program optimization (/GL) and change /EHsc (compiler
30assumes that functions declared as extern "C" never throw a C++ exception) to /EHs (tells
31compiler assumes that functions declared as extern "C" may throw an exception).]
32
33Because this library uses C++11 extensively, it requires a compatible compiler.
34Known minimum working versions are as follows: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015
35(msvc-14.0), GCC 4.8 (with -std=c++11), Clang 3.4 (with -std=c++11). Other
36compilers may work, if they support the following language features:  auto
37declarations, constexpr, defaulted functions, final, hdr thread, hdr tuple,
38lambdas, noexcept, nullptr, rvalue references, template aliases. thread local,
39variadic templates.
40
41[endsect]
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