Re: [boost] [integer] patch for MSVC++ 6.0

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-25 08:39:54

On May 25, 2005, at 4:46 AM, Joaquín Mª López Muñoz wrote:

> There's currently a test case for Boost.Integer failing in
> MSVC ++ 6.0 with a LNK1179 error:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/8rpuu
>
> This bug in MSVC++ 6.0 shows when the compiler emits
> different symbol names with a very long common prefix: in this
> particular case, the offending symbol names are generated by a
> couple of BOOST_CHECK instantiations.
> The proposed patch works around the problem and only
> affects to the test code, not the library, so I guess it's safe enough.
> OK to commit?

Yes.

        Doug