Re: [Boost-users] boost::variant build crashes Visual C++

From: a a (nobodythoughtofthis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-01 09:02:46

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Yaser Zhian Tabasy <yaserzt_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> a a wrote:
>  > I tried switch /ZmXXX with a couple of different values for XXX, this
>  > seems to have no effect on the problem and still the VC8 Release build
>  > crashes with C1060.
>  >
>  > The documentation says that /Zm "Determines the amount of memory that
>  > the compiler allocates to construct precompiled headers".  Can you
>  > give a little more detail on how you think that C1060 could be avoided
>  > in this case by changing the memory allocation for precompiled
>  > headers?
>  >
>  > The example I provided in the original post is a sole cpp file, I
>  > haven't myself created any headers, precompiled or otherwise.  The
>  > code #includes various headers from STL and boost, are you saying that
>  > those #includes are picking up precompiled headers such that the
>  > behavior of the build could be influenced by /Zm?
>  >
>
>  I'm sorry. It seems that I've been too quick to assume you used precompiled
>  headers or that "/Zm" actually does something other than setting the limit
>  for PCH files.
>
>  If it was me, I would play with the compiler optimization flags to see which
>  one was the culprit, but I'm sure you've already done than and/or you
>  probably need those optimizations.
>  Also, the MSDN page for the C1060 error code lists some workarounds. They
>  don't seem like breakthroughs or anything, but the file splitting might work
>  (if that's indeed possible to any useful extent with this simple example.)

No problem!  I appreciate the ideas.  I have tried a few tweaks with
no success, but I will continue to experiment and I'll post back if I
find a solution.  Thanks again for your help.

Regards,
Eric