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Subject: Re: [Threads-devel] warning LNK4248: unresolved typeref token (0100001E) for 'boost.detail.win32._SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES'; image may not run
From: Andrei Bica (avbica_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-16 03:43:04


Thanks, works like a charm.

Andrei Bica

mlimber wrote:
> Alternately, you can follow the advice here
> <http://exold.com/article/using-boost-with-managed-c>. In short, #define
> BOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H.
>
> M
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Andrei Bica <avbica_at_[hidden]
> <mailto:avbica_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
>
> I'm using boost in a .NET dll which mixes managed and unmanaged code
> (this warnings appears only in this type of dll). When compiling in
> release using VS2008 I receive the following warning:
>
> LNK4248: unresolved typeref token (0100001E) for
> 'boost.detail.win32._SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES'; image may not run
>
> Its look like the _SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES which is defined by windows
> headers is forward declared in thread\win32\thread_primitives.hpp
> but included in the boost.detail.win32 namespace instead of global
> namespace.
>
> I've found 2 solutions:
>
> 1. a workaround in my code by declaring the
> boost.detail.win32._SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES after including the boost
> headers:
> namespace boost { namespace detail { namespace win32 {
> struct _SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES: public ::_SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES {};
> };};};
> but this is not portable and not very nice.
>
> 2. move the forward declaration of _SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES in global
> namespace
>
> Solution 2 looks much cleaner. Is it possible to change the
> thread_primitives.hpp so the _SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES structure is
> forward declared in the global namespace? In a way it doesn't make
> sense to have extern "C" section in a namespace block since C
> doesn't have namespaces.
>
> Andrei Bica
>
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