Re: [boost] Bug in 1.35: header inclusion order dependencyintroduced between recursive_mutex.hpp and asio.hpp on Windows

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-01 13:48:03

Anteru wrote:
> James Talbut schrieb:
>> That's a useful idea, but doesn't alter the fact that date_time 1.35 has
>> broken previously working code and should be altered to work
>> harmoniously with other boost libraries.
>> The windows include order dependencies are a nightmare and I think it's
>> the responsibility of libs that force their inclusion to avoid making
>> the situation worse than it is.
>> In other words, if there are include order dependencies in boost it's a
>> bug, IMO.
> 
> IMO, too, and I've openend a ticket for it: 
> http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1740
> 
> Not only because it breaks winsock.h, but I have an enum member ERROR 
> and it's useless after including date_time :/

A global enumerated value called ERROR is not a good idea.