[boost] Re: boost::variant 0.2 (was: Yet another ...)

From: Itay (itay_maman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-16 13:35:52

"Giovanni Bajo" <giovannibajo_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:123201c22cab$cc77fac0$7a4e2a97_at_bagio...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Itay Maman
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [boost] boost::variant 0.2 (was: Yet another ...)
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> >An updated version of boost::variant is now available at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/boost_variant_160702.zip. This
> version is compatbile with these compilers: GCC >3.0.4, CodeWarrior 7.0,
> MSVC 6 and MSVC 7.
> >Please note that test4 is currently broken with MSVC 7, since it
> instantiates variants with more than 8 types. The other 3 compilers use
the
> RDSL (Reduced Dot-Style Typelist) >mechanism, so they don't impose this
> restriction. Anyway, I expect this issue to be fixed with MPL's formal
> relese code.
>
> >Comments and compatibility reports are welcomed.
>
> All the tests work on Comeau but the first one which still triggers an
> internal Comeau 'issue' (it generates a symbol name too long for MSVC to
> handle it).

I don't have access to Comeau so I would really appreciate your help here. I
wonder if this problem can be reproduced with a shorter program?

Thanks in advance,
Itay