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

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-18 10:14:51

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David Abrahams wrote:
| Gottfried.Ganssauge_at_[hidden] writes:
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| I think we need to keep the argument for VC6 at least; the problem is
| one that shows up at link time because VC6 seems to distinguish
| function template instantiations only by the types of the arguments
| and not the template parameters.

FWIW, it's a problem with the name mangling. Parameters and return type
show up in the mangled name, template arguments don't. As a result this
applies to all compilers that have complete VC6 compatible name
mangling. AFAICS intel5 is one of them.

Thomas

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