RE: [boost] Bug in numeric_cast<> ??

From: Swatosh, Joe R NWP (joe.r.swatosh_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-10-20 10:33:29

Works here too, VC6 sp4, Dinkum's STL.  Thanks for the quick turn-around.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Abrahams [mailto:abrahams_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:45
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [boost] Bug in numeric_cast<> ??
> 
> 
> I just checked in a fix for numeric_cast, which you can pick 
> up from the CVS
> repository at www.sourceforge.net. I tested it by hand with CWPro6.
> 
> Beman: I tried the regression tests. For some reason the 
> tests can't find
> the metrowerks compiler as a command-line tool, despite my 
> having integrated
> a call to cwenv.bat into regr.bat. Also, despite the fact 
> that the tests
> seem to compile with MSVC without errors (see the log below), 
> the html page
> comes up with "no" in both MSVC slots
> 
> -dave
> -----
> 
> 
> ***** utility/cast_test.cpp *****
>   Borland C++ 5.5.1
>    "d:/Program Files/Borland/bcc55/bin/bcc32" -Ic:/boost/ -c -j10 -q
> c:/boost//libs/utility/cast_test.cpp
> 'd:/Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>  return status:  1
>   Metrowerks CodeWarrior
>    mwcc -nolink -maxerrors 10 -cwd source -I- -Ic:/boost/
> c:/boost//libs/utility/cast_test.cpp
> 'mwcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>  return status:  1
>   VC++ with MS library
>    cl /c /nologo /Zm400 /MDd /W3 /GR /GX /Zi /Od /GZ /I "c:/boost/" /D
> "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_MBCS" /D "_CONSOLE"
> c:/boost//libs/utility/cast_test.cpp
> cast_test.cpp
>  return status:  0
>   VC++ with STLport library
>    cl /c /nologo /Zm400 /MDd /W3 /GR /GX /Zi /Od /GZ /I
> "C:/prj/STLport-4.0/stlport" /I "c:/boost/" /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D
> "_MBCS" /D "_CONSOLE" c:/boost//libs/utility/cast_test.cpp
> cast_test.cpp
> c:/boost//libs/utility/cast_test.cpp(102) : warning C4244: 
> '=' : conversion
> from 'long' to 'signed char', possible loss of data
>  return status:  0
> 
> 
> 
> 
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