Re: [Boost-users] Boost in Eclipse CDT..

From: Michael Fawcett (michael.fawcett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-20 13:41:52

On Dec 20, 2007 1:31 PM, Filip Balas <fbalas_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2007 10:11 AM, Michael Fawcett <michael.fawcett_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > On Dec 18, 2007 4:59 PM, Filip Balas <fbalas_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > > For those who might run into the same error, the only thing that
> > > would work for me is to change my code to the following:
> > > #include <boost/filesystem/path.hpp>
> > > #include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
> > >
> > > using namespace boost::filesystem;
> > >
> > > //fs::path configPath(fs::initial_path<fs::path>());
> > > path configPath = system_complete(path("./appSettings.cfg", native));
> > >
> > > Don't know why the boost samples don't work, but this does.
> >
> > Are you sure this isn't a case of C++'s Most Vexing Parse?
> >
> > // This is a function declaration!
> > fs::path configPath(fs::initial_path<fs::path>());
>
> If that's the case, then why is it an example on the Boost docs ;-)

Good question.  I'm not the author, nor am I the maintainer.  Try your
code again like so:

fs::path configPath((fs::initial_path<fs::path>()));

--Michael Fawcett