Re: Re:RE: [boost] Test failure with STLPort

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (agurtovoy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-30 09:38:04

Robert Ramey writes:
> Following up,
> 
> I've been investigating the problem with STLPort builds of the serialization
> system.  I believe that the explanation why your tests fail and mine pass
> are due to the fact that your tests build/test using the stlport dll and I
> was using the static library version.
> 
> Now I'm building with the DLL libraries and I'm getting similar results to
> those you are.
> 
> I believe the problem is that STLPort file _locale.h contains code like the
> following:
> 
> class _STLP_CLASS_DECLSPEC locale {
> ...
>   template <class _Facet> 
>   locale(const locale& __loc, _Facet* __f) : _M_impl(0)
>     {
> ...
>     }
> };
> 
> Where _STLP_CLASS_DECLSPEC is defined as __declspec( dllimport ) when the
> header is used for purpose other than building the stlport dll.
> 
> The templated constructor is invoked by the serialization library.
> Unfortunately, the functions for the locale class definition is already
> compiled and already in the dll.  At link time the template - even inline -
> are not found. 

Right.

> 
> I would characterize this a conflict between the class export dll
> implementation and templated constructors - which this implemention
> requires.
> 
> I'm not yet sure how to handle this now - anyone who wants can post a
> suggestion.  Meanwhile, I'll keep thinking about it.

I don't think we have a lot of options here -- either we need to modify
your Jamfile to specifically request static linking when testing with 
'msvc-stlport' toolset, or markup the failures as "expected" with a note 
explaining the issue. 

--
Aleksey Gurtovoy
MetaCommunications Engineering