Re: [boost] type traits Comeau 4.3 problem

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-21 11:10:22

> As part of my homegrown testing I like to run comeau 4.3.  I find this
> compiler helpful in sorting out very stick C++ language issues and see it 
> as
> a compiler addressing a small but important niche.
>
> The serialization library currently won't build with this compiler. It 
> fails
> with the error message
>
> "C:\BoostMainCVS\boost/type_traits/detail/is_mem_fun_pointer_tester.hpp",
> line 61: error #457:
>          "is_mem_fun_pointer_tester" is not a function or static data
> member
>  yes_type is_mem_fun_pointer_tester(R (__stdcall T::*)());
>
> Is there any chance someone might address this?

Well there's always some kind of a chance ;-)

Apparently Commeau defines _MSC_VER but doesn't support __stdcall etc 
function types.  I've changed the configuration check to test for 
_MSC_EXTENSIONS: let me know if this works.

John.