Re: [boost] 1.35.0 - MSC8/9 error C2059: syntax error : '__is_abstract'

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-01 04:09:53

Sören Freudiger wrote:
> Hi
> I have problemes with the serialization since I updated to boost
> 1.35.0
>
> Error:
> intrinsics.hpp
>
> #   define BOOST_IS_ABSTRACT(T) __is_abstract(T) //<-error C2059:
> syntax error : '__is_abstract'
> #   define BOOST_IS_CLASS(T) __is_class(T)       //this one isn't
> syntax higloghted, maybe not defined, too.
>
> Any idea what's the matter?

No... __is_abstract is a native VC++ compiler intrinsic, the docs for C2059 
suggest that something like #define __is_abstract(x) might cause this, is 
this possible in your case?

Otherwise if you have a test case you can post I'll look into it.

John.