[boost] Re: Before we get too carried away...

From: Daryle Walker (dwalker07_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-17 19:33:38

On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 8:32 AM, Beman Dawes wrote:

> At 02:24 AM 3/13/2003, Daryle Walker wrote:
>
>> 4.	My testing was with a stock Boost 1.29.0 from a zip file.  If the 
>> CVS version of Boost already has fixes for CW-DS and/or CWP8.3, I'll 
>> switch to that and apologize for wasting everyone's time.
>
> Daryle, with all the current focus on 1.30.0, I'm not sure anyone even 
> remembers what worked and what didn't work config-wise for 1.29.0.  I 
> know all my responses to you assumed you were working with current CVS 
> state.  So, yes, I think you should either switch to the CVS main 
> trunk, branch RC_1_30_0, or just wait until 1.30.0 release.
>
This is what I got when I switch from using my Boost 1.29 directory to 
my Boost-CVS directory (last updated on March 9th, no tags used [don't 
know how]):

//=================================================================
Metrowerks CodeWarrior C++ version 8.3
     __cplusplus                             =199711L
     __STDC__                                =1
     __STDC_VERSION__                        =199901L
     __MWERKS__                              =0x3003
     __MSL__                                 =0x00008003
     __MSL_CPP__                             =0x8300
     __embedded_cplusplus                    =0
     __fourbyteints__                        =1
     __IEEEdoubles__                         =1
     __profile__                             =0
     __powerc                                =1
     __POWERPC__                             =1
     __MACH__                                =1
     __APPLE__                               =1
     powerc                                  =1
     __STDC_HOSTED__                         =0

*********************************************************************

Metrowerks Standard Library version 0x8300

*********************************************************************

Detected Platform: Mac OS
     Type char is signed
     Type wchar_t is signed
     byte order for type short               =8 0
     byte order for type int                 =24 16 8 0
     byte order for type long                =24 16 8 0
     sizeof(wchar_t)                         =4
     sizeof(short)                           =2
     sizeof(int)                             =4
     sizeof(long)                            =4
     sizeof(float)                           =4
     sizeof(double)                          =8
     sizeof(long double)                     =8
     CHAR_BIT                                =8
     CHAR_MAX                                =0x7f
     WCHAR_MAX                               =0x7FFFFFFFU
     SHRT_MAX                                =0x7fff
     INT_MAX                                 =0x7fffffff
     LONG_MAX                                =0x7fffffffL
     LLONG_MAX                               =0x7fffffffffffffffLL
     _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED                 =1
     _POSIX_JOB_CONTROL                       [no value]
     _POSIX_NO_TRUNC                         =1
     _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKADDR             [no value]
     _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKSIZE             [no value]
     _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_INHERIT               [no value]
     _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_PROTECT               [no value]
     _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING        [no value]
     _POSIX_THREADS                           [no value]
     _POSIX_VDISABLE                         =((unsigned char)'\377')
     _POSIX_VERSION                          =198808L
     _POSIX2_VERSION                         =199212L

*********************************************************************

Boost version 103000
     BOOST_USER_CONFIG                       =<boost/config/user.hpp>
     BOOST_COMPILER_CONFIG                   
="boost/config/compiler/metrowerks.hpp"
     BOOST_STDLIB_CONFIG                     
="boost/config/stdlib/msl.hpp"
     BOOST_PLATFORM_CONFIG                   
="boost/config/platform/macos.hpp"
     BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME                  =typename
     BOOST_HAS_HASH                           [no value]
     BOOST_HAS_LONG_LONG                      [no value]
     BOOST_HAS_PTHREADS                       [no value]
     BOOST_HAS_STDINT_H                       [no value]
     BOOST_HAS_SLIST                          [no value]
     BOOST_HAS_THREADS                        [no value]
     BOOST_HAS_UNISTD_H                       [no value]
     BOOST_MSVC6_MEMBER_TEMPLATES             [no value]
     BOOST_NESTED_TEMPLATE                   =template
     BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS         [no value]
     BOOST_NO_MS_INT64_NUMERIC_LIMITS         [no value]
     BOOST_STD_EXTENSION_NAMESPACE           =Metrowerks
     BOOST_UNREACHABLE_RETURN(0)              [no value]
//=================================================================

I couldn't compile the config-test file.  I got errors like:

//=================================================================
Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 63   namespace boost_deduced_typename = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 98   namespace boost_no_ms_int64_numeric_limits = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 143   namespace boost_no_member_template_friends = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 268   namespace boost_has_two_arg_use_facet = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 273   namespace boost_has_bethreads = empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 278   namespace boost_has_clock_gettime = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 283   namespace boost_has_dirent_h = empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 288   namespace boost_has_ftime = empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 293   namespace boost_has_gettimeofday = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 308   namespace boost_has_macro_use_facet = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 313   namespace boost_has_ms_int64 = empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 318   namespace boost_has_nanosleep = empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 323   namespace boost_has_nl_types_h = empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 328   namespace boost_has_nrvo = empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 338   namespace boost_has_pthread_delay_np = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 343   namespace 
boost_has_pthread_mutexattr_settype = empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 348   namespace boost_has_pthread_yield = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 358   namespace boost_has_sched_yield = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 363   namespace boost_has_sgi_type_traits = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 368   namespace boost_has_sigaction = empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 383   namespace boost_has_stlp_use_facet = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 398   namespace boost_msvc_std_iterator = 
empty_boost;

Error   : undefined identifier 'empty_boost'
config_test.cpp line 403   namespace boost_has_winthreads = empty_boost;

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 432   ox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_no_member_template_friends::test()), 
boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 441   ox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_no_ms_int64_numeric_limits::test()), 
boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 448   
test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_deduced_typename::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 
==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 457   
::test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_winthreads::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 458   
est_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_msvc_std_iterator::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << 
"0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 461   
st_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_stlp_use_facet::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << 
"0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 464   
t::test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_sigaction::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 465   t_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 
== boost_has_sgi_type_traits::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() 
<< "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 466   
:test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_sched_yield::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 
==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 468   
est_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_pthread_yield::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << 
"0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 469   :detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_pthread_mutexattr_settype::test()), 
boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 470   _toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 
== boost_has_pthread_delay_np::test()), 
boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 472    
boost::test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_nrvo::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 473   
::test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_nl_types_h::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 474   
t::test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_nanosleep::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 475   
st::test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_ms_int64::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 476   t_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 
== boost_has_macro_use_facet::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() 
<< "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 479   
test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_gettimeofday::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 
==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 480   
boost::test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_ftime::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 481   
st::test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_dirent_h::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 482   
est_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_clock_gettime::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << 
"0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 483   
t::test_toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 == 
boost_has_bethreads::test()), boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

Error   : illegal use of namespace name
config_test.cpp line 484   toolbox::detail::test_and_continue_impl((0 
== boost_has_two_arg_use_facet::test()), 
boost::wrap_stringstream().ref() << "0 ==

//=================================================================

Do these error mean that those particular settings are wrong?

Daryle