[boost] Re: boost 1.30.2 build failure with Sun Workshop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3

From: Christopher Currie (christopher_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-29 11:05:34

Cheenu Srinivasan wrote:
> Thanks for the note.  Thats bad news indeed as I am not at liberty to
> upgrade the compiler on our production systems.  However ... it's
> boost.spirit that I am trying to use.  Does it need all the MPL stuff?

My initial investigation says no; someone who uses Spirit might know 
better. However, Spirit's power comes from its extensive use of 
templates, and the Sun C++ compiler just can't handle the complexity.

This may change in the future, so I'd keep an eye on the Spirit website:

http://spirit.sourceforge.net/

Particularly the page in their documentation on portability:

http://spirit.sourceforge.net/distrib/spirit_1_7_0/libs/spirit/doc/portability.html

Good luck,
Christopher