[boost] Re: fixed compile failures for boost.thread regression tests on vacpp 5

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-26 02:41:12

As noone replied so far, I'm assuming that the message was probably 
missed. Could anyone tell me if my analysis of the problem is correct? 
If yes, I can provide a patch that fixes this.

Markus Schöpflin wrote:

 > Hello,
 >
 > I finally figured out why the regression test for boost.thread didn't
 > compile on vacpp 5.
 >
 > The problem is with tests of the form:
 >
 > BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::xtime_get(&xt, boost::TIME_UTC),
 >   boost::TIME_UTC);
 >
 > This gets expanded to something that uses the type of the arguments
 > as a template parameter.
 >
 > The problem is that boost::TIME_UTC is an unnamed enum and vacpp 5
 > (rightly? I think yes.) complains, that unnamed types must not be
 > used as a template argument.
 >
 > The fix is easy, change everything like the above to
 >
 > BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(boost::xtime_get(&xt, boost::TIME_UTC),
 >   static_cast<int>(boost::TIME_UTC));
 >
 > et voila, the thread regression tests compile and execute ok.
 >
 > Markus