[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8255: Wave build warnings are probably errors on 64-bit

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8255: Wave build warnings are probably errors on 64-bit
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-03-06 17:25:59

#8255: Wave build warnings are probably errors on 64-bit
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 Reporter:  chris0@…            |       Owner:  hkaiser
     Type:  Bugs                |      Status:  new    
Milestone:  To Be Determined    |   Component:  wave   
  Version:  Boost 1.53.0        |    Severity:  Problem
 Keywords:                      |  
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 Building Boost (1.53.0) Wave for i386 on OSX 10.8.2 with GCC 4.2.1
 produces several very long warning messages (~26KB).
 Having looked into this, these warnings appear to indicate programming
 '''errors''' if building for 64-bit (LP64) targets.

 I built wave with:[[BR]]
     cd boost_1_53_0/tools/wave/build[[BR]]
     b2 variant=debug

 The attached patch fixes these warning & should correct the LP64 errors.

 However, a better fix may be to change the 'line' & 'column' data members
 & associated accessor functions of struct file_position in
 boost/wave/util/file_position.hpp from size_t (64-bit on LP64) to uint32_t
 (or equivalent).  (I think 32-bits is plenty big enough.)  But that
 decision I leave to the library owner.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8255>
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