Re: [boost] [fusion] boost::array problem under msvc-8.0

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-20 21:02:47

Joel de Guzman wrote:
> Michael Marcin wrote:

>> causes it to compile so I'm thinking it is a compiler bug that needs to 
>> be worked around.
> 
> It is indeed a compiler bug, but I think there's more to it than that.
> With your fix, VC7.1 complains: boost\array.hpp(159) : error C3861:
> 'size': identifier not found, even with argument-dependent lookup
> while VC8 is ok. This is not a problem on any other compiler though.
> Also, it's funny that the fusion test for array is also ok. I noted
> that the thing that's causing problems is the header include:
> 
>      #include <boost/array.hpp>
>      #include <boost/fusion/iterator.hpp>
>      #include <boost/fusion/sequence.hpp>
> 
> Changing this to
> 
>      #include <boost/array.hpp>
>      #include <boost/fusion/sequence/adapted/array.hpp>
>      #include <boost/fusion/sequence/intrinsic.hpp>
> 
> makes VC++ happy.
> 
> I'll investigate further...

Alright. It is a compiler bug indeed. I traced it down to the
operators! (of all things!). I just submitted a workaround for
VC++.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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