Re: [boost] Status of (boost) lockfree?

Subject: Re: [boost] Status of (boost) lockfree?
From: Tim Blechmann (tim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-28 05:08:35

hello emil,

> I decided to give the lockfree library that's currently in the review
> queue a try. On MSVC 9.0, I'm getting this error:
> 
> boost\lockfree\detail\cas.hpp(129) : error C2440: 'reinterpret_cast' :
> cannot convert from 'const boost::uint64_t' to 'LONGLONG'
> 
> The compiler then continues to say:
> 
> Conversion is a valid standard conversion, which can be performed
> implicitly or by use of static_cast, C-style cast or function-style
> cast
> 
> Am I missing a configuration macro, or is this a valid compile error?

i ported boost.lockfree to boost.atomic. the archive in the vault doesn't 
reflect this change yet, but you can check out my latest sources from my git 
repository [1,2].
the specific code, that triggered that error message has been replaced by 
boost.atomic ...

cheers, tim

[1] http://tim.klingt.org/git?p=boost_lockfree.git;a=summary
[2] git://tim.klingt.org/boost_lockfree.git

-- 
tim_at_[hidden]
http://tim.klingt.org
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live,
mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time,
the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn,
burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across
the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and
everybody goes "Awww!
  Jack Kerouac