[Boost-users] Re: Is threads CodeWarrior project broken?

From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-04 12:22:06

On Nov 4, 2003, at 10:11 AM, Bobby Thomale wrote:

>> I am having trouble getting the MP implementation of threads to 
>> compile.  It
>> seems to be having trouble with function pointers where the syntax
>> function<type> is used.
>>
>> I remember at one point it was mentioned that:
>>
>> function<type, type...>
>>
>> was deprecated and we were to use either the more universally 
>> supported:
>>
>> functionN<type,type...>
>>
>> or the cleaner:
>>
>> function<void myfuncSig()>
>>
>> instead if our compiler supported it.
>>
>> (Mine doesn't support that last one yet.)
>>
>> I am guessing that the oldest syntax was removed and no one has 
>> bothered to
>> update the Mac carbon thread implementaton to compile again since 
>> then?
>>
>> That one seems pretty easy to fix - just update to a supported syntax.
>
> ^ I've done that, updated to the functionN<type,type> syntax and it 
> fixed
> the problem.  I need to submit back the changes but I haven't yet.
> (SORRY!!!)  Just let the compiler lead you around by the nose if you'd 
> like,
> it will show you all of the places where this needs to change, and the
> change is straightforward.  :-)

CodeWarrior 9 now supports the function<void myfuncSig()> syntax.  You 
can test for version 9 with:

#if __MWERKS__ >= 0x3200

-Howard