Re: [Boost-users] [function] Bug in 1.34.0 with Sun Studio onSolaris

From: Boris Gubenko (Boris.Gubenko_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-06 06:52:07

Zeljko Vrba wrote:
> The SunCC compiler has a "smart" template-compilation model which allows
> you to only DECLARE template classes in X.h, and the compiler will
> automatically look for definitions in X.cc.  If X.cc does not exist,
> it emits the warning.

With EDG-based compilers, it is called "implicit inclusion".

Boris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zeljko Vrba" <zvrba_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost-users_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [function] Bug in 1.34.0 with Sun Studio onSolaris

> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 02:46:14AM +0200, Markus Bernhardt wrote:
>> 
>> I get the following warnings when using a
>> boost::thread_specific_ptr<unsigned int> and compiling with Sun Studio
>> 11 (with latest patches) or Sun Studio 12 on Solaris x86.
>> 
>> Warning: Could not find source for
>> boost::type_traits::ice_not<0>::value.
>>
> As far as I understood from the Solaris docs, this warning is harmless.
> The SunCC compiler has a "smart" template-compilation model which allows
> you to only DECLARE template classes in X.h, and the compiler will
> automatically look for definitions in X.cc.  If X.cc does not exist,
> it emits the warning.
> 
> This "searching" process is fully described in the manual.  I get it even
> on some of my own code, but it works when run.
> 
> Look at sections 7.5 and 5.2 in the following links:
> http://docs.sun.com/source/819-3690/Compiling_Templates.html
> http://docs.sun.com/source/819-3690/Program_Org.html#24618
> 
> It seems that the option -template=no%extdef should help (-template=extdef
> is the default).
> 
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