Re: [boost] [serialization] array problems and patch (cont'd)

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-21 20:33:33

You might check with Mattias.  He's been checking in his upgrades for array 
serialization into
the HEAD.  (I havn't checked in anything there in months).  I perused CVS 
and gave
a cursory examination to the changes and didn't see anything obviously out 
of whack.

I also presume that you're using the version of test_exported on the branch 
which
fails due to the header ordering issue you're working on.  That is, this 
version is
designed to expose the bug you're currently fixing.  So maybe its not 
suppose to work.

Note that the errors below usually (I think) indicate failed code 
instantiation which
occurs when export header order requirement isn't respected.

So try using the test_exported on the main trunk and make sure things work. 
Then
try the one on the branch - it should fail.

Robert Ramey

David Abrahams wrote:
> ...and I'm seeing the following array-related problems:
>
>  testing.capture-output
> 
> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\serialization\test\test_exported_array_binary_archive.test\msvc-7.1\debug\test_exported_array_binary_archive.run
>  ====== BEGIN OUTPUT ======
>  Assertion failed: NULL != bpos_ptr, file
>  ..\..\..\boost/archive/detail/oserializer.hpp, line 419
>
>  testing.capture-output
> 
> ..\..\..\bin.v2\libs\serialization\test\test_exported_array_binary_archive_dll.test\msvc-7.1\debug\test_exported_array_binary_archive_dll.run
>  ====== BEGIN OUTPUT ======
>  Assertion failed: NULL != bpos_ptr, file
>  ..\..\..\boost/archive/detail/oserializer.hpp, line 419
>
> Not to mention quite a few vc6-bug-specific problems (just about every
> test fails with this error):
>
>  test_exported.cpp
>  ..\..\..\boost/serialization/array.hpp(69) : error C2265:
>  '<Unknown>' : reference to a zero-sized array is illegal
>
>
> These problems are making it hard for me to know that I haven't broken
> anything.