Re: [boost] Timer & Boost.Test incompatibility

Subject: Re: [boost] Timer & Boost.Test incompatibility
From: Gennadiy Rozenal (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-19 12:35:19

Craig Henderson <cdm.henderson <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Hi, I am starting a new project. I am using boost::timer::cpu_timer from
> boost/timer/timer.hpp and Boost.Test
> 
> When I include boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp in my unit test suite, I
> get compilation errors where boost::timer is declared as a class where
> previously it's defined as a namespace:
> 
> boost/timer.hpp(45): error C2869:
> 'boost::timer' : has already been defined to be a namespace
> 
> boost/test/impl/framework.ipp(153): error C2882:
> 'timer' : illegal use of namespace identifier in expression
> 
> boost/test/impl/framework.ipp(153): fatal error C1903:
> unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation

So this is more of a conflict between 

#include <boost/timer.hpp>
and 
#include <boost/timer/timer.hpp>

Is this intentional? Who support this header?

Meanwhile I guess you should use library variant if Boost.Test.

Gennadiy