Re: [boost] [chrono/date] name of getters - error: changes meaning of

Subject: Re: [boost] [chrono/date] name of getters - error: changes meaning of
From: Vicente Botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-13 12:06:21

Vicente Botet wrote
> Hi,
> 
> Naming the getters with the same name as the type
> 
> chrono::year year() const;
> 
> results in a lot of error with gcc <= 4.8.0
> 
> ../../../boost/chrono/date/ymd_date.hpp:267:7: erreur: declaration of 
> ‘boost::chrono::year boost::chrono::ymd_date::year() const’ [-fpermissive]
> ../../../boost/chrono/date/year.hpp:36:11: error: changes meaning of 
> ‘year’ from ‘class boost::chrono::year’ [-fpermissive]
> 
> When I add -fpermissive I get yet the warning
> 
> ../../../boost/chrono/date/year.hpp:36:11: attention : changes meaning 
> of ‘year’ from ‘class boost::chrono::year’ [-fpermissive]
> 
> Do someone how to get ride of this warning/spam?
> 
> In addition, no way to make it working with gcc-4.2.1.
> 
> No issue with clang-3.1, 3.2.
> Not checked with msvc.
> 
> Is this a bug on gcc?

Hi, 

To solve these issues, I have been forced to replace the accessors dt.year()
by conversion year(dt).

This has the advantage of making uniform the unit specifier syntax. E.g

date dt;
...
date dt2(year(dt), month(dt), day(13));

Best,
Vicente

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