Re: [boost] Boost.Test, lexical_cast and gcc-2.95.3

From: Joaquín Mª López Muñoz (joaquin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-20 01:58:12

>Anything that uses Boost.Test is currently failing with gcc-2.95.3, see
for
>example: http://tinyurl.com/dkreq
>I'm not sure if this is a lexical_cast or test lib change that's broken

>things?

Google tells us that GCC 2.95 does not provide char_traits<>::eof(),
hence the problem.
I can confirm the attached patch solves the issue. OK to commit?
A better way to macro-detect the offending platform?

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

157c157,167
<                        stream.get() == std::char_traits<char_type>::eof();
---
>                        stream.get() ==
> #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__==2) && (__GNUC_MINOR__==95) && \
>     defined(BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING)
>     // GCC 2.95 lacks std::char_traits<>::eof().
>     // We use BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING to filter out STLport configurations,
>     // which do provide std::char_traits<>::eof().
>     
>                         EOF;
> #else
>                         std::char_traits<char_type>::eof();
> #endif