Re: [boost] [Python] Slice test fails on Intel 8.1 at runtime

From: Jonathan Brandmeyer (jbrandmeyer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-26 21:20:01

On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 20:10, David Abrahams wrote:
> Stefan Slapeta <stefan_nospam__at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> > Running __main__.__doc__
> > Trying: from const_argument_ext import *
> > Expecting: nothing
> > ok
> > Trying: accept_const_arg_noproto(1)
> > Expecting: 1
> > *****************************************************************
> > Failure in example: accept_const_arg_noproto(1)
> > from line #2 of __main__
> > Exception raised:
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "c:\python23\lib\doctest.py", line 442, in _run_examples_inner
> >     compileflags, 1) in globs
> >   File "<string>", line 1, in ?
> > ArgumentError: Python argument types in
> >     const_argument_ext.accept_const_arg_noproto(int)
> > did not match C++ signature:
> >     accept_const_arg_noproto(class boost::python::api::object)
> 
> This is just freaky.  A Python int can't be converted to a
> boost::python::object??

I'm sorry, but I really can't think of any other way to work around this
compiler's particular bug.

Dave, at this point I'd like to know exactly which compilers are
affected by this.  Do you mind if I check in this test?

Thanks,
-Jonathan