Re: [boost] [type_traits] Rewrite and dependency free version

Subject: Re: [boost] [type_traits] Rewrite and dependency free version
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-15 13:39:50

>> You missed out the error message!
>
> Just warnings and no error message.
>
>>  But again, does the current version
>> have the same failure?
>
> The current version has similar failures. I don't see an error message
> with the failures in either the current version or the version2 version
> for gcc-3.4.5, just lots of warnings with "...failed gcc.compile.c++ ...
> " messages. Are the type_traits tests set to fail if any warnings occur ?

Ah yes, it has warnings-as-error turned on.

>> There are out of date mentions in the docs - it all needs a *lot* of
>> revising.
>
> I could not find any mention of compiler requirements in the type_traits
> docs, much less out of date mentions, other than in the topic "Support
> for Compiler Intrinsics".

Each trait should list what compiler features it requires for correct 
functionality.

John.