Re: [boost] [utility/swap] Unexpected success Siliconman borland-6.10.0 (CodeGear)

Subject: Re: [boost] [utility/swap] Unexpected success Siliconman borland-6.10.0 (CodeGear)
From: Niels Dekker - mail address until 2010-10-10 (niels_address_until_2010-10-10_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-18 04:06:15

> CodeGear 6.10.0 has a bug, which causes an internal compiler error
> when you try to specialize std::swap.

> To my surprise, the compiler error appears to have gone away
> automatically, and three boost/utility/swap tests now have an
> "unexpected success":
> www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/utility-swap_.html

> Is there any explanation to this unexpected success?  The compiler
> version hasn't changed, apparently...

David Dean informed me that Siliconman temporarily ran a new version of 
CodeGear, instead of the original CodeGear 6.10.0.  Now the original 
version is restored, so the expected failures are back again:
www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/output/siliconman-boost-bin-v2-libs-utility-swap-test-specialized_in_std-test-borland-6-10-0-debug.html

Thanks, David.

-- Niels