[boost] [bimap] Compiling Bimap

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-22 06:31:40

I've started working through bimap in preparation for a review, but I'm 
having a few problems with the source:

Gcc on linux, passes all the tests (tried AMD64 and IA64), good :-)

Intel 9.1 on Linux, and HP aCC on HP-UX fails to build quite a few tests. 
These compilers are both based on a recent release of the highly regarded 
EDG front-end, and may indicate issues with the source.  The HP aCC test run 
produced a 17Mb log file of errors and warnings (!) which is um, rather 
alarming so I'll contact Matias by private email with the logs.

On Win32, everything builds with msvc, but I'm seeing access violations in:

test_bimap_assign
test_bimap_property_map

with all of VC7.1, VC8, Intel 8.1 and 9.1.

There are a few warnings as well that look suspicious to me:

c:\data\boost\develop\boost\boost\multi_index\detail\ord_index_node.hpp(127) 
: warning C4312: 'type cast' : conversion from 
'boost::multi_index::detail::uintptr_type' to 'void *' of greater size
c:\data\boost\develop\boost\boost\multi_index\detail\ord_index_node.hpp(132) 
: warning C4311: 'type cast' : pointer truncation from 'void *' to 
'boost::multi_index::detail::uintptr_type'
c:\data\boost\develop\boost\boost\multi_index\detail\ord_index_node.hpp(159) 
: warning C4312: 'type cast' : conversion from 'const 
boost::multi_index::detail::uintptr_type' to 'void *' of greater size

And finally, the serialization test fails to build with VC8 with:

c:\data\boost\bimap\libs\bimap\test\test_bimap_serialization.cpp(53) : error 
C2872: 'bimap' : ambiguous symbol
could be 'c:\data\boost\bimap\boost\bimap\bimap.hpp(149) : 
boost::bimap::bimap'
or 'boost::bimap'
c:\data\boost\bimap\libs\bimap\test\test_bimap_serialization.cpp(53) : error 
C2872: 'bimap' : ambiguous symbol
could be 'c:\data\boost\bimap\boost\bimap\bimap.hpp(149) : 
boost::bimap::bimap'
or 'boost::bimap'

I note from the docs that these compilers are all listed as supported, so 
I'm guessing that either recent changes to Bimap, or to Boost cvs have 
broken something.

Anyway I thought I'd bring these up in the hopes that there are some easy 
fixes, before other reviewers hit the same issues.  I'll get back to reading 
the docs now :-)

Regards, John.