"Tom K." <lists_at_citizenkeen.com> wrote:

> How would a different compiler rule out libcurl?

I'm just suggesting that GNU C++ is a better compiler than MSVC++.

>> PS. In the project-file I saw you did use '-D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS'.
>> Why?
>
> This is fairly common practice with MSVC, whether good or bad. It
> disables warnings about safe versions of the printf family of
> functions. It will also warn if you disable checked iterators, which
> is common on windows because of performance.

Okay, I know what '_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS' is. But I haven't
grasped the point of '_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS' before.

--gv

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