[boost] Re: [serialization] Static data members.

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-23 23:11:17

Rene Rivera wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>
>>> Of course :-) What I did was this:
>>>
>>> template<class Derived, class Base>
>>> BOOST_DLLEXPORT const void * void_cast_register(
>>>    const Derived * /* dnull = NULL */,
>>>    const Base * /* bnull = NULL */
>>> ){
>>>    boost::python::detail::force_instantiate(
>>>        void_cast_detail::void_caster_primitive<
>>>            const Derived,
>>>            const Base
>>>        >::instance);
>>>    return & void_cast_detail::void_caster_primitive<
>>>        const Derived,
>>>        const Base
>>>    >::instance;
>>> }
>>
>>
>> Ouch!  Looks like a nasty bug.  If you can generate a small test case
>> I can pass it directly to their compiler engineer.
>
> I'll try.

This has been very interesting.  Now I'm wondering why test_void_cast
passes.  It seems to be a simple test case to me and should fail according
to the above.  But it passes on all the CW compilers.

Robert Ramey