[boost] Re: smart_ptr.hpp newline problem

From: Reid Sweatman (reids_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-08-18 13:31:17

Pardon the ignorant question, but it's been some years since I last worked
on a UNIX system, so I was wondering whether UNIX' endline convention is
universally accepted by, say (for the sake of argument <g>), Windows-hosted
C++ compilers, or whether non-UNIX people will have to do a search and
replace on endline markers.  Thanks.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valentin Bonnard [mailto:Bonnard.V_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 6:10 AM
> To: Boost mailing list
> Subject: [boost] smart_ptr.hpp newline problem
> 
> 
> When compiling boost/smart_ptr.hpp, because of:
> 
> #if !defined( BOOST_NMEMBER_TEMPLATES ) /* old name for 
> compatibility */
> \
>     && !defined( BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATES ) \
>     && !defined( BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS )
> 
> I get:
> 
> boost/smart_ptr.hpp:117: Invalid token in expression
> boost/smart_ptr.hpp:182: Invalid token in expression
> 
> This is due to the use of non Unix endline convention 
> and to the fact that Netscape does no conversion when 
> I download the file.
> 
> I want to warn everyone here that you should convert 
> boost/smart_ptr.hpp before compiling it. They can use 
> dos2unix for this purpose.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Valentin Bonnard
> 
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