Re: [boost] [Boost-users] numeric_cast_traits/cstdint: request for fix in boost1.49

Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost-users] numeric_cast_traits/cstdint: request for fix in boost1.49
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-01-28 09:23:43

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 8:09 AM, John Maddock <boost.regex_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Currently HPUX/acc compiler fails in boost 1.48, because boost::int8_t was
>> being interpreted as a char, This causes duplicate class definition
>> in the file
>> ./boost/numeric/conversion/detail/preprocessed/numeric_cast_traits.hpp
>> and hence many of compiled boost libs fail.
>
>
> Thanks for raising this on the list, I just posted these comments to the
> Trac ticket:
>
> "IMO this is the wrong fix: our code should make no assumptions about the
> actual type of uintXX_t etc.
>
> IMO the preprocessed headers are just plain wrong - you can't mix concrete
> types (char short etc) with typedefs (intXX_t) because you're just asking
> for problems with duplicate specializations. It has to be all real types
> throughout.
>
> BTW in addition to the two platforms mentioned above, this is also broken
> for Sun on Linux.
>
> Reassigning to the person who made these changes..."
>
> Not sure if we can fix this for 1.49, but you're right, it is a high
> priority.

Thanks, John.

There should be time to fix this for 1.49, but it will help if you can
shepherd this along.

--Beman