RE: Repost: [boost] [regex] Linker errors with MSVC

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmutkaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-06 10:03:57

John Maddock wrote:

> > I'm reposting this, because I think, that this bug should be fixed,
> > but there wasn't any response to the first mail. I would
> try to fix it
> > myself, but the errors are so weird, that I'm not able to
> grasp, how
> > to do it :-)
>
> Sorry I missed the first one: the problem is simple: the
> header you are using (boost/regex/src.hpp) is undocumented
> and deprecated, and doesn't include all the source files any
> more (I'll get that fixed though). Add instances.cpp and
> winstances.cpp to the list of source files included and it
> should fix your problem.

I've added (after the #include "boost/regex/src.cpp"):
#include "libs/regex/src/instances.cpp"
#include "libs/regex/src/winstances.cpp"

But this doesn't solve the unresolved externals linker errors (sorry :-)

Regards Hartmut

> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I get a bunch of linker errors while compiling the following
> > > testcase with VC6.5/VC7.1 (current Boost CVS):
> > >
> > > test_regex.cpp:
> > >
> > > #include <string>
> > >
> > > #define BOOST_REGEX_NO_LIB
> > > #define BOOST_REGEX_STATIC_LINK
> > > #include "boost/regex.hpp"
> > > #include "boost/regex/src.cpp"
> > >
> > > int main()
> > > {
> > > boost::reg_expression<char> rxstr;
> > > char const *pteststr = "anyregexp";
> > >
> > >     rxstr = std::string("anyregexp");
> > >     boost::match_results<char const *> what;
> > >     boost::regex_search(pteststr, &pteststr[9], what, rxstr,
> > >         boost::match_default);
> > >     return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > Command line: cl -I$(BOOST_ROOT) -GX test_regex.cpp
> > >
> > > Note: the regex library isn't given to the compiler!
> > >
> > > At least one other compiler (I tried ICL7.0) compiles and
> links this
> > > without any problems. Any clues?
> > >
> > > Regards Hartmut
> > >
> > >
> > >
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