Re: [boost] [function_types] Eliminating or marking up failures?

From: Tobias Schwinger (tschwinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-03 01:52:59

Beman Dawes wrote:
> Tobias Schwinger wrote:
>> Beman Dawes wrote:
>>> Tobias,
>>>
>>> function_types is showing 36 failures. What is the plan to eliminate or 
>>> mark these up as expected?
>>> |function_types|
>>>    fast_mem_fn_example:  msvc-7.1
>>>    interface_example:  msvc-7.1
>> Those ^^ seem regressions - I'll try to fix them.
>>
>>>    member_ccs:  darwin-4.0.1  darwin-4.0.1  darwin-4.0.1 
>>> gcc-4.1.2_sunos_i86pc  gcc-4.2.1  gcc-4.2.1  gcc-4.2.1_linux_x86_64 
>>> intel-linux-9.0  intel-vc8-win-10.0  msvc-8.0_64
>>>    member_ccs_exact:  darwin-4.0.1  darwin-4.0.1  darwin-4.0.1 
>>> gcc-4.1.2_sunos_i86pc  gcc-4.2.1  gcc-4.2.1  gcc-4.2.1_linux_x86_64 
>>> intel-linux-9.0  intel-vc8-win-10.0  msvc-8.0_64
>>>    nonmember_ccs:  darwin-4.0.1  gcc-4.2.1  gcc-4.2.1 
>>> gcc-4.2.1_linux_x86_64  intel-linux-9.0  intel-vc8-win-10.0  msvc-8.0_64
>>>    nonmember_ccs_exact:  darwin-4.0.1  gcc-4.2.1  gcc-4.2.1 
>>> gcc-4.2.1_linux_x86_64  intel-linux-9.0  intel-vc8-win-10.0  msvc-8.0_64
>> Those ^^ are due to a
>>
>>      #error test skipped
>>
>> kind of thing and should be marked as expected (the library's default
>> configuration does not know about nonstandard calling conventions
>> implemented by those compilers - probably none).
>>
>> I recently spotted some problems with other compilers (BCC in
>> particular) that deserve a closer look.
>>
>> What's the schedule for the upcoming release - IOW how much time do I have?
> 
> Since function_types is generating the second highest number of 
> failures, I prefer you did the markup right away. It is hard to get 
> people to focus on libraries with one or two failures while there are 
> still library's with double digit failure rates.

I see - will add markup later today.

> It would be nice if the msvc-7.1 failures were cleared in the next week. 
> There is less time pressure for failures on lower priority compilers, 
> such as Borland.

OK, that seems doable.

Regards,
Tobias