Re: [boost] [result_of] msvc work-around -- TESTERS NEEDED

From: Andrey Semashev (andysem_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-07 12:51:41

Hello Eric,

Sunday, January 7, 2007, 8:31:10 AM, you wrote:

> The following trivial use of boost::result_of fails on msvc-7.1 and 
> msvc-8.0:

>      #include <boost/utility/result_of.hpp>

>      template<typename T>
>      struct function
>      {
>          template<typename Sig>
>          struct result;

>          template<typename This, typename U>
>          struct result<This(U)>
>          {
>              typedef U type;
>          };
>      };

>      int main()
>      {
>          boost::result_of<function<void>(int)>::type i = 0;
>          return 0;
>      }

> The attached patch works around the problem. (Yes, I've reported this to
> Microsoft.) I've also added some additional test cases to catch this 
> problem (see result_of_test.cpp attached).

> I've confirmed the tests pass on msvc-7.1, msvc-8.0, gcc-3.4, gcc-4.0 
> and gcc-4.1. The following compilers should also be tested, but I don't
> have access to them. Can anybody help out?

> gcc-3.3
> cw-9.4
> intel-*
> sun-5.8
> qcc-*
> hp_cxx_*
> acc

> Any help is much appreciated.

I've tried Intel C++ Compiler 9.1 for Windows (9.1.033) on Boost head
repository. The test above compiles and passes both with and without
the patch.

-- 
Best regards,
 Andrey                            mailto:andysem_at_[hidden]