Re: [boost] [1.35] Serialization shared_ptr_132 headers cause compilation error with g++ 4.1.0

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-14 13:04:12

I'm not sure about the state of this.  You might try the code at 
www.rrsd.com
(1.36) and let me know how that works out.

Robert Ramey

Clif Houck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to update a code base to use boost 1.35 from boost 1.32.
> From what I've gathered, 1.35's code is frozen and considered to be
> fairly stable, so I figured that I wouldn't run into any errors
> caused by boost, just general changes that occurred between 1.32 and
> 1.35.
>
> Instead, it looks like I've definitely run into a bug being caused by
> 1.35, in particular, the serialization headers for shared_ptr.
>
> The following code:
>
> #include <boost/serialization/shared_ptr_132.hpp>
> #include <boost/serialization/shared_ptr.hpp>
>
> int main()
> {
>    return 0;
> }
>
> Causes the following errors:
>
> g++ what.cc -o what -I /usr/local/include/boost-1_35/
> -lboost_serialization-gcc41-mt-1_35
> /usr/local/include/boost-1_35/boost/serialization/shared_ptr.hpp: In
> function 'void boost::serialization::load(Archive&,
> boost::shared_ptr<U>&, unsigned int)':
> /usr/local/include/boost-1_35/boost/serialization/shared_ptr.hpp:123:
> error: 'null_deleter' is not a member of 'boost::archive::detail'
> /usr/local/include/boost-1_35/boost/serialization/shared_ptr.hpp:123:
> error: 'null_deleter' is not a member of 'boost::archive::detail'
> /usr/local/include/boost-1_35/boost/serialization/shared_ptr.hpp:123:
> error: template argument 2 is invalid
> /usr/local/include/boost-1_35/boost/serialization/shared_ptr.hpp:123:
> error: expected `>' before '*' token
> /usr/local/include/boost-1_35/boost/serialization/shared_ptr.hpp:123:
> error: expected `(' before '*' token
> /usr/local/include/boost-1_35/boost/serialization/shared_ptr.hpp:124:
> error: expected primary-expression before '>' token
>
> Looking at the documentation included with 1.35 says to retain
> backwards-compatibility for 1.32's shared_ptr by including both
> headers in the order I have included them, so I'm at a complete loss.
>
> I must retain compatibility with shared_ptr from 1.32 since there is
> a lot of serialized data floating around from 1.32, and its not
> feasible to find all of it and convert it mechanically.
>
> I hope someone can lend a helping hand.
>
> Thanks,
> Clif Houck
>
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