Re: [boost] [Serialization] BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT regression on SunCC

Subject: Re: [boost] [Serialization] BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT regression on SunCC
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-17 20:46:04

on Tue Feb 17 2009, Sohail Somani <sohail-AT-taggedtype.net> wrote:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> on Tue Feb 17 2009, Sohail Somani <sohail-AT-taggedtype.net> wrote:
>>> This comes back to a question I had earlier which was: where in the
>>> standard does it specify that looking up functions during ADL requires
>>> instantiation of return types? 
>> 
>> Well, if the type is illegal in a way that doesn't qualify for SFINAE, a
>> diagnostic is required.  That means the compiler has to figure out what
>> the type is.  However, I think the real question is whether the code is
>> required to cause the overload resolution at all.  Strictly speaking,
>> the code can be considered to be "unused" and so the compiler is allowed
>> to not instantiate it.
>
> This is most likely the cause.
>
>>> I thought it was kind of funny that I reported the same issue in two
>>> different compilers. Unfortunately, no workaround or fix yet!
>> 
>> Huh? 1711 was fixed and closed.
>
> Sorry, I was not clear. I meant no workaround or fix for the second
> compiler.

What 2nd compiler?  I thought you meant two versions of GCC.

If you mean Sun, then AFAIK that's a recent report, and **it's not the
same issue**.

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Dave Abrahams
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