Re: [boost] type_traits_test

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-03 09:17:18

John,

every time I tried to use somthing which uses || or && in a constant
expression (and that's almost everything) failed to compile with VC6.4, but
type_traits_test.cpp succeeded in compiling without complaint. Are you sure
you're not missing something?

-Dave

P.S. I checked in a change which turned || into | and && into & everywhere,
so any tests will succeed with the latest snapshot.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Maddock" <John_Maddock_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 7:40 AM
Subject: [boost] type_traits_test

>
> >Many new enhancements for MSVC6.4 have been added to type_traits
recently,
> but many of them fail to compile due to a compiler bug (the short-circuit
> ||/&& evaluation in constant expression problem). I am going to check in a
> fix, but considering that the regression test reports success for
> type_traits_test even without the fix, I wonder if we're even trying to
> test
> the new features. It seems like a mistake to me that we're publishing code
> without tests (to say nothing of code which won't compile).
> <
>
> I've been testing with VC6sp3, and yes they should all actually be tested
> by the test program, looks like sp4 adds new bugs?  Whatever, if you have
> specific cases that fail and aren't tested for, then lets add them to the
> test suite.
>
> - John.
>
>
>