Re: [Boost-users] Compile error boost 1.35.0 on Solaris 10/x64 Studio 12

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-31 13:25:50

AMDG

John Maddock wrote:
> Anders Moe wrote:
>   
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm getting the following error in boost 1.35.0 on Solaris 10 using
>> Sun Studio 12 :
>>
>> "/home/amoe/src/boost_1_35_0/boost/format/alt_sstream_impl.hpp", line
>> 252: Error: Cannot assign void* to char*.    Where: While
>> instantiating "boost::io::basic_altstringbuf,
>> std::allocator>::overflow(int)".    Where: Instantiated from
>> non-template code.1 Error(s) detected.
>>     
>
> The Boost code looks fine and legal to me: the 
> std::allocator<char>::allocate() should return a char* which would assign to 
> the variable just fine.  Most of the tests for the iostreams lib are passing 
> with Sun-5.9 as well, so I'm guessing either:
>
> * Or it's a std lib issue with std::allocator - are you using Sunpro with 
> the optional STLport support?  Sun's own std lib is rather old and non-std 
> compatible unfortunately.
>   

It's a problem with the standard library allocator.  allocate
returns a void* and is wrapped in allocator_interface is the standard 
library to get
type safety.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe