Re: [Boost-users] Boost.regex :: u32regex does not compile with latestSTLPort

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-01-17 11:40:42

Amit wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Not sure if this is an issue on boost side or STLPort side, but
> compiling u32regex match givess an error in v4/perl_matcher.hpp, line
> 85. the call is essentially vector<int>::assign(int, int) since char
> type is int for ICU strings. This is being resolved to template<iter>
> assign(iter, iter) member, hence the error.
> I have fixed it in my local copy by changing the line to
> s1.assign(static_cast<std::size_t>(1), col);

Yep, that's OK, or even better cast to vector<>::size_type.

> But don't know if this is a good fix. This used to work on Dinkum
> STL, so I am guessing STLPort is messing up somewhere. Do I need to
> build regex libraries again after this change?

You shouldn't do no, although it can't hurt at all.

Which STLport version are you using: if I can reproduce here, I'll patch the 
Trunk accordingly.

Thanks for the report, John.