[Boost-users] FW: Compilation problem with boost on SunCC (Forte 6.2 & 8)

From: Puverle, Tomas (IT) (Tomas.Puverle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-04 04:02:09

A repost, since no answer to my previous mail.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Puverle, Tomas (IT) 
> Sent: 01 October 2004 15:05
> To: 'boost_at_[hidden]'
> Subject: Compilation problem with boost on SunCC (Forte 6.2 & 8)
> 
> Please find attached a small program and a the resulting 
> compilation errors on SunCC.  
> This occurs in iterator_facade.hpp, operator != (), calling 
> to interator_core_access::equal. I have tracked this down to 
> the following problem:
> 
> f(mpl::true_);
> f(mpl::false_);
> 
> f(is_convertible<>()); //will not work
> 
> is_convertible<> derives from mpl::bool<>, however it seems 
> that a bug in the compiler prevents it from converting to 
> mpl::true_/mpl::false_ in the above scenario (and in the 
> program attached)
> 
> A workaround for this is to change it to the following:
> 
> f(mpl::true_);
> f(mpl::false_);
> 
> f(mpl::bool_<is_convertible<>::value>()); 
> 
> Presumably this will be present in other places but this is 
> the only one our developers have hit so far.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tom 
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