Re: [Boost-testing] [1.34.0] intel-vc8-win-9.1 errors

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-01 13:22:52

Sean Huang wrote:
> There are quite a few intel-vc8-win-9.1 errors but it seems they are all
> caused by a single problem shown below. If we can find a workaround for this
> problem then intel 9.1 + VC8 can be added back to the release platforms. See
> Huang-WinXP-x86_32 test results in the regression reports at
> http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost-regression/CVS-RC_1_34_0/developer/in
> dex.html.
> 
<snip>
> 
> c_traits.cpp
> .\boost/xpressive/detail/utility/boyer_moore.hpp(64): error: more than one
> instance of overloaded function "std::fill_n" matches the argument list:
>             function template "void __cdecl std::fill_n(_OutElem (&)[_Size],
> _Diff, const _Ty &)"
>             function template "std::_Enable_if<<expression>, void>::_Result
> __cdecl std::fill_n(_OutIt, _Diff, const _Ty &)"
>             argument types are: (unsigned char [256], int, unsigned char)
>           std::fill_n(this->offsets_, uchar_max + 1, this->length_);
>           ^

I just changed this to:

     std::fill_n(static_cast<unsigned char *>(this->offsets_), uchar_max 
+ 1, this->length_);

That should remove the (bogus) ambiguity. Change committed to HEAD and RC.

-- 
Eric Niebler
Boost Consulting
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