[boost] Re: question generated by serialization library build on Visual Age C++

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-14 14:41:49

"Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I'm getting a problem with serialization library build on IBM Visual Age
> compiler.
>
> It report that boost::iterator_difference<const char *> isn't complete. In
> perusing the code, it would seem to me that iterator_adaptor is including
> all it needs to resolve this and FWIW it works everywhere else.  Can anyone
> give me a suggestion here?

Try building with "-sBUILD=<define>BOOST_MPL_USE_APPLY_INTERNALLY"
and let us know what happens.

> Robert Ramey
>
>
> "/home/tk/boost_regression/boost/boost/mpl/apply_if.hpp", line 39.5:
> 1540-0062 (S) The incomplete class "iterator_difference<const char *>" must
> not be used as a qualifier.
> "/home/tk/boost_regression/boost/boost/iterator/iterator_adaptor.hpp", line
> 149.14: 1540-0700 (I) The previous message was produced while processing
> "struct
> boost::mpl::apply_if<boost::is_same<boost::use_default,boost::use_default>,b
> oost::iterator_difference<const char
> *>,boost::mpl::identity<boost::use_default> >".

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