Re: [boost] Boost.Function and Visual C++ 7.0

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-05 10:58:18

Douglas Gregor <gregod_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Tuesday 05 November 2002 07:52 am, Peter Simons wrote:
> > apparently the current (CVS) version of Boost.Function does not work
> > when compiled with Microsoft Visual C++ 7.0 under Windows 2000. A
> > colleague of mine verified this with a small test program and no
> > matter what you try to assign to the function object, it will always
> > stay 'empty'.
> 
> Unfortunately, I can't duplicate this on VC6 (everything works as expected 
> there), and I don't have VC7 to try.
> 
> > According to <http://www.boost.org/status/cs-win32.html>, there are
> > known problems with this compiler. Is there any chance of getting this
> > fixed or of working around the problem?
> 
> For CVS versions, you'll probably want to look here instead:
>   http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/cs-win32-diff.html
> 
> It'll get fixed by the next release. How long it takes depends on the 
> strangeness of the bug (and whether or not the nightly regression tests will 
> reproduce the problem).

Boost.Function has certainly worked just fine with VC7 for me for some
time now. Unless there were very recent changes, I have no reason to
think it's newly broken.

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                    David Abrahams
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