[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6820: make_big_value() in big_constant.hpp uses constexpr incorrectly

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6820: make_big_value() in big_constant.hpp uses constexpr incorrectly
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-04-22 17:59:08

#6820: make_big_value() in big_constant.hpp uses constexpr incorrectly
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 Reporter:  eric_niebler             |       Owner:  johnmaddock
     Type:  Bugs                     |      Status:  new        
Milestone:  Boost 1.50.0             |   Component:  math       
  Version:  Boost Development Trunk  |    Severity:  Problem    
 Keywords:                           |  
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 This error is breaking the Boost.Accumulators test when compiled with
 recent clang builds that support constexpr.

 {{{
 In file included from /Users/niji/Boosty/boost-
 trunk/boost/math/special_functions/log1p.hpp:19:
 /Users/niji/Boosty/boost-trunk/boost/math/tools/big_constant.hpp:34:11:
 error: cannot initialize return object of type 'char *' with an lvalue of
 type 'const char *'
    return s;
           ^
 /Users/niji/Boosty/boost-trunk/boost/math/tools/big_constant.hpp:32:39:
 error: no return statement in constexpr function
 inline BOOST_CONSTEXPR_OR_CONST char* make_big_value(long double, const
 char* s, mpl::false_ const&, mpl::true_ const&)
                                       ^
 2 errors generated.
 }}}

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