Re: [Boost-testing] [XL C/C++][IBM_Canada_Ltd][serialization][multi_index]strange error with boost/serialization/force_include.hpp

Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] [XL C/C++][IBM_Canada_Ltd][serialization][multi_index]strange error with boost/serialization/force_include.hpp
From: Joaquin M Lopez Munoz (joaquin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-30 13:51:15

Christopher Cambly <ccambly <at> ca.ibm.com> writes:

> 
> > 
> > Thanks, I'll do that if nobody sheds more light on this, but my
> > puzzlement stems from the fact that BOOST_USED *shouldn't* be resolving
> > to __attribute__ ((used)) as far as I can see: XL C/C++ does *not*
> > define __GNUC__ or __INTEL_COMPILER (see http://tinyurl.com/66el78 ),
> > and I cannot see how else can BOOST_USED be defined as
> > __attribute__ ((used)).
> > 
> > Joaquín M López Muñoz
> > Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo
> 
> Perhaps I can clear this up. Â It is possible that xlC may support such
> an attribute in a future version of the compiler [...]
> Our source is not 100% in sync with Boost since we have not pushed our
> local patches upstream into the main branch.

Thank you for the info. So, if I'm understanding right,
there's no need to do anything about the spurious error now
and we can wait til you decide to submit official patches
for force_include.hpp, right?

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo