Re: [boost] [test] 64-bit compatibility problem

From: Gennadiy Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-22 18:31:59

"Sebastian Redl" <sebastian.redl_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:4735AFCB.7020004_at_getdesigned.at...
> The file boost/test/impl/debug.ipp contains the function
> prepare_window_title, which contains this line (317):
>
> ::snprintf( title_str, sizeof(title_str), "%*s %ld",
> dsi.binary_path.end()-it, it, dsi.pid );
>
> There are two potential problems here.
> One, the length specification of "%*s" must be an int, but the
> difference_type of the iterator is ptrdiff_t, which is a long int.

I've added explicit cast to int

> That's a different size on a GCC-compiled 64-bit system and will cause
> problems.
> Two, is it safe to say that basic_cstring::iterator (the type of 'it')
> will always be a pointer? No debug iterator will ever be used?

This is true for now. And I do not have plans to change it.

Gennadiy