[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2898: iterator_range field removal when NDEBUG defined

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2898: iterator_range field removal when NDEBUG defined
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-30 17:52:12

#2898: iterator_range field removal when NDEBUG defined
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 Reporter:  ethan.howe_at_[hidden]  |       Owner:  nesotto
     Type:  Bugs                |      Status:  new    
Milestone:  Boost 1.39.0        |   Component:  range  
  Version:  Boost 1.36.0        |    Severity:  Problem
 Keywords:                      |  
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 The iterator_range header defines the singular field as follows (in
 1.36.0):

 {{{
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 bool      singular;
 #endif
 }}}

 This is not recommended C++ style because a difference in a compiler flag
 between libraries and executables both including this header can cause
 hard to diagnose runtime faults. I was using a library that was created
 without NDEBUG and when I compiled my executable with NDEBUG, I saw an
 illegal instruction abort meaning that my program execution had been
 corrupted.

 I would like to request that this (and any other) object field, and so the
 object size, be made independent of compiler flags by removing the #ifndef
 above.

 Thanks,[[BR]]
 Ethan

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2898>
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