[boost] Re: Re: Re: More Boost.Test problems

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-20 08:55:27

> > > Ah. Well, I guess that's what's happening. I'm still surprised that it
> > > should be instantiating unused templates; I would think huge amounts
of
> my
> > > own code would be broken if that were the case.
> >
> > gcc fails to compile following code:
> >
> > // ****************** start ******************
> > template<typename FPT, typename ToleranceSource>
> > inline bool
> > compare_and_continue_impl( FPT left, FPT right, ToleranceSource
> > tolerance_src )
> > {
> >     close_at_tolerance<FPT> pred( tolerance_src );
> > }
> > // ****************** end ******************
> >
> > Here an error:
> > a.cpp: In function `bool compare_and_continue_impl(FPT, FPT,
> > ToleranceSource)':
> > a.cpp:6: parse error before `>' token
> >
> > Does it correct?
>
> "Is it correct?" Quite possibly. If that's the whole translation unit,
then
> yes, it's quite correct. There's no definition for close_at_tolerance.

But compare_and_continue_impl is not called. and should not be instantiated
accordingly, isn't it?

>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>            David Abrahams * Boost Consulting
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>

Gennadiy.