Re: [boost] [interprocess] Interprocess build fails on 64-bit MSVC 8

From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-06 11:29:36

Hi,

Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote:
 > On a 64-bit build on MSVC 8 (CL 14.00.50727.762 for x64) with Boost CVS
 > 2007-06-03, building a program that uses Boost.Interprocess fails.
 > Please see the attachment at the end of the message for the compiler
 > output.
 >
 > The problem is in rbtree_best_fit::SizeHolder:
 >  > unsigned m_prev_size :  sizeof(std::size_t)*CHAR_BIT - 1;
 >
 > 'unsigned' which is 32-bit is not large enough to hold a 64-bit size_t.
 >  If I change 'unsigned' to 'std::size_t' compile is successful without
 > any other errors.
 >
 >
 > When linking, I get:
 > [snip]

Thanks for the report. I'll fix it ASAP. I plan to upload a new version 
with several fixes this week.

Regards,

Ion