Re: [boost] Problem with KAI C++ and boost::type_traits

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-21 15:01:14

Matthias Troyer <troyer_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Dear Boosters,
>
> Unfortunately we could not test 1.30 extensively and thus found a
> problem with the current Boost sources just after a release.
>
> When trying to compile the filesystem library with KAI C++ we
> encounter a problem in
> boost/type_traits/is_base_and_derived.hpp
>
> It seems that the workaround is needed also for KCC, since otherwise
> we get the error message
>
> line 126: error:
>            expression must have (pointer-to-) function type
>        BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, value =
>
>
> Looking at the #if before this version I find:
>
> && !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__EDG_VERSION__, <= 238) && 0
>                               // The EDG version number is a lower
>                               estimate.
>                               // It is not currently known which EDG
>                               version
>                               // exactly fixes the problem.
>
> KAI C++ version 4.0f has an __EDG_VERSION__ of 243 but this still
> fails. Can 238 here be changed at least to 243?

I can do that.  Should we start a new branch for things that would go
into a hypothetical 1.30.1?  My feeling is that we should just keep
using the RC_1_30_0 branch, since it's already been tagged where the
release was made.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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