Re: [boost] [serialization] test_variant_xml_archive - Borland 5.82

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-04 06:26:08

Nicola Musatti wrote:

> Robert Ramey wrote:
>  > Vladimir Prus wrote:
>  >> Robert,
>  >> for all appearances, this test failure:
>  >>
>  >>        http://tinyurl.com/y5gv7s
>  >>
>  >> is the problem with the test itself, not with the library. The
>  >> error message is:
>  >>
>  >>   Error E2304 ..\libs\serialization\test\test_variant.cpp 171:
>  >>   Constant variable '_Stz' must be initialized
>  >>
>  >> The problem is that I can't find that many lines in the file in
>  >> question. Do you have an idea what's this variable is and how to fix
>  >> it?
>  >
>> I've seen this and am not sure how to respond.  Given that it points to a
>> line#
>> beyond the end-of-file its looks to me that its an issue with
>> intialization of some static variable with some library - probably with
>> the
>> standard library implementation for this environment.  Worse yet,
>> it seems to come and go.  In any case, the best person to
>> investigate this woudl be Nicholas Musetti as he has made
>> the changes required to support this compiler.
> 
> I believe this refers to std::fpos<>::_Stz from <iosfwd>. This appears
> to refer to a specialization on a const type, which in turn makes me
> think of Borland's bug of not dropping the top level const qualification
> in argument deduction.
> 
> What I do not know is what is triggering this and whether in this case
> the usual workaround is applicable, which is to specify explicitly the
> relevant function's template arguments.

Would it be possible for you to prepare this "usual workaround" and see if 
it helps?

Thanks,
Volodya