Re: [boost] Boost.Test issues

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-14 05:58:42

Simon Atanasyan wrote:

> 2007/10/13, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]>:
>> Looking at program_options failures, it seems like two platforms
>> are fully not working due to issues in Boost.Test.
>>
>> First is MIPS:
>>         http://tinyurl.com/3c8avh
>>
>> Second is Sun:
>>         http://tinyurl.com/2yjlpd
>>
>> Can those issues be fixed in near future?
> 
> It's a bug in Sun C++. This bug exists in all version and current
> development branch. Compiler cannot select overloaded function and
> shows incorrect ambiguity error in the following test case:
> 
> template <typename T>
> void foo(T const & t) {}
> 
> template <typename T, unsigned N>
> void foo(T ( & t ) [N]) {}
> 
> int main()
> {
>     foo("test");
> }
> 
> If remove 'const' from the first function compiler works good.

Even if that's Sun C++ issue, it's unfortunate that Boost.Test
is affected. Maybe, a workaround in Boost.Test is possible?

- Volodya