Re: [boost] Boost 1.45 compile error

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost 1.45 compile error
From: Peder Holt (peder.holt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-20 12:41:25

This problem has been fixed on the trunk version for a while, but I haven't
managed to integrated this to the release branch.
Sorry about that.

Regards
Peder

2010/11/20 Peder Holt <peder.holt_at_[hidden]>

> The culprit is in line 156 in boost/typeof/msvc/typeof_impl.hpp
> # if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC,==1310)
> This entire if branch should be removed. A minimal fix for this release is
> to change from 1310 to some other arbitrary non-version number.
> I have no idea why the typeof regression tests does not pick up this error.
>
> Regards
> Peder
>
> 2010/11/20 Peder Holt <peder.holt_at_[hidden]>
>
> 2010/11/20 Vicente BOTET <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]>
>>
>> > Message du 20/11/10 14:52
>>> > De : "Eric Niebler"
>>> > A : boost_at_[hidden]
>>> > Copie à :
>>> > Objet : Re: [boost] Boost 1.45 compile error
>>> >
>>> > On 11/20/2010 7:25 AM, John Maddock wrote:
>>> > >>>> This sounds bad. Can anybody confirm?
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> The tests already confirm it .
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Crap. Might I suggest we pull the release and reissue as a point
>>> release
>>> > >> after this is fixed?
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Adding back the missing context:
>>> > >
>>> > > Is this type_traits specific, or should boost.typeof work on that
>>> > > platform... I'm sure it used to?
>>> >
>>> > I don't know. Is common_type the only trait to use boost.typeof? If so,
>>> > can we just comment out the #include of common_type.hpp in
>>> > type_traits.hpp as a stop-gap?
>>> >
>>> > > BTW there are a *lot* of failures with VC7.1 relating to this.
>>>
>>> Most  of the failures if not all are due to the includion of
>>> common_type.hpp.
>>>
>>> > By "this" do you mean the type_traits error or the boost.typeof
>>> failure?
>>> >
>>>
>>> As Boost.Typeof is Ok with this compiler we can not say yet that the
>>> problem is with Boost.Typeof.
>>> Surprisingly the same compiler in trunk works "daw-msvc71  rev 66640
>>> Fri, 19 02:00:37 +0000i msvc- 7.1"
>>>
>>> daw-msvc71  rev 66641 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:00:32 +0000i fails on release.
>>>
>>> From my part we can comment the #inlcude for common_type from the
>>> type_traits.hpp file. Applications that want to use common_type can include
>>>  for the moment.
>>>
>>>
>> I will install Visual Studio 2003 ASAP and try to see if there is
>> something obviously wrong with boost.typeof for this compiler.
>>
>> Regards
>> Peder
>>
>>
>>> Best,
>>> Vicente
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