Make Windows (MinGW G++) compatible

[andrewxu319]

Description

Make compiler-specific changes such that GridKit runs and pass all tests on Windows. Specifically, it now works with MinGW G++, but not MSVC.

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Proposed changes

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• Append .string() to .filename() to extract the underlying string if the OS is Windows
• Replace __attribute__((always_inline)) inline with a compiler-specific FORCE_INLINE macro
• Inline toUpper() to avoid compiler errors

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• All tests pass.
• Code compiles cleanly with flags -Wall -Wpedantic -Wconversion -Wextra.
• The new code follows GridKit™ style guidelines.
• There are unit tests for the new code.
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• The feature branch is rebased with respect to the target branch.
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[nkoukpaizan]

Are different instructions really needed? The only difference I see with the earlier instructions is DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=Off. I would recommend implementing a workaround for that in CMake instead.

[andrewxu319]

Maybe not. Removed it for now. However I did also need to specify the directory ../ instead of ../GridKit.

[nkoukpaizan]

../GridKit is suggested for out-of-source builds, with the build and GridKit directories being at the same level in the file structure.

[nkoukpaizan]

re 5ffbf8d: I recommend rebasing (git rebase) rather than merging (git merge). That should fix most of the testing issues.

[andrewxu319]

re 5ffbf8d: I recommend rebasing (git rebase) rather than merging (git merge). That should fix most of the testing issues.

Rebase done.

[pelesh]

It seems something went wrong with rebasing. Feel free to reopen the PR when rebasing issues are resolved.

[andrewxu319]

It seems something went wrong with rebasing. Feel free to reopen the PR when rebasing issues are resolved.

Sorry, I had a power outage and didn't get to finish. I'm starting a new branch and new PR since these rebasing issues are getting out of hand.