RE: [boost] Re: fixed compile failures for boost.thread regressio n tests on vacpp 5

From: Björn Karlsson (Bjorn.Karlsson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-26 03:47:40

> From: Markus Schöpflin [mailto:markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden]]
[snip] 
> Markus Schöpflin wrote:
>  >
>  > 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

Yep, according to §14.3.1.2: "A local type, a type with no linkage, an
unnamed type or a type compounded from any of these types shall not be used
as a template argument for a template typeparameter." 

I'll apply it to both RC_1_29_0 and the main trunk - thanks for the fix!

Bjorn Karlsson