[boost] Re: [type_traits] is_convertible regression on GCC 3.2 and 3.3

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-24 11:22:49

John Maddock wrote:
>> The following code causes a static assertion failure on GCC 3.2
>> (MinGW):
>>
>>    #include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
>>    #include <boost/type_traits/is_convertible.hpp>
>>
>>    struct base { };
>>    struct middle : virtual base { };
>>    struct derived : middle { };
>>
>>    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT((boost::is_convertible<derived,
>> middle>::value));
>>
>> This problem is apparently responsible for the current failure of
>> all the iostreams tests on the platforms gcc-3.2.3 and gcc-3.3.5.
>
> Confirmed, I'm testing improved test cases, along with the fix now
> (Embarrassingly I'd used the wrong config macro).

Thanks!

Jonathan