Re: [boost] Boost.Test issues

From: Gennadiy Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-22 23:56:15

"Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:E1IhobN-0003E0-Kj_at_zigzag.lvk.cs.msu.su...
> 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?

Unfortunately I do not have easy access to this platform any more. Can 
anyone either propose concrete patch or give me temporary access to this 
platform?

Gennadiy