Re: [boost] RC_1_30_0: gcc 2.96 boost/libs/python/test/opaque.cpp failure

From: Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve (rwgk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-18 08:36:09

--- David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> "Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve" <rwgk_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> > There are gcc 2.96 (Redhat 7.3) compilation error for
> > boost/libs/python/test/opaque.cpp:
> >
> > http://cci.lbl.gov/~rwgk/tmp/rc_1_30_0_opaque_fail.txt
> >
> > More recent gcc's don't seems to suffer from this problem.
> > I am not sure this is important enough to delay the release any further.
> > David?
> >
> > Ralf
> 
> Hmm, looking at:
> 
> # define BOOST_PYTHON_OPAQUE_SPECIALIZED_TYPE_ID(Pointee) \
> namespace boost { namespace python {                      \
>     template<>                                            \
>     inline type_info type_id(boost::type<Pointee>*) {     \
>         return type_info (typeid (Pointee *));            \
>     }                                                     \
>     template<>                                            \
>     inline type_info type_id(                             \
>         boost::type<const volatile Pointee &>*) {         \
>         return type_info (typeid (Pointee *));            \
>     }                                                     \
> }}
> 
> it seems to me that these aren't actually legal specializations
> (though I've never specialized functions before so I could be wrong).
> Shouldn't that be:
> 
>     template <>
>     inline type_info type_id<Pointee>(boost::type<Pointee>*) {
>         return type_info(typeid(Pointee*));
>     }
> 
>     template <>
>     inline type_info type_id<const volatile Pointee&>(
>         boost::type<const volatile Pointee&>*) {
>           return type_info(typeid(Pointee*));
>     }
> 
> ??

That change does not seem to make a difference. The compiler errors are still
exactly the same.
Ralf

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