Re: [Boost-users] problems with boost in eclipse

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] problems with boost in eclipse
From: Z. S. O. (tiredashell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-05 01:20:45

It appears you are absolutely right =) I actually suspected that at first,
but I excluded both the header and source file, which led to errors.
Excluding only the source file leads to a perfectly clear build. Thank you!

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Eric MALENFANT <
Eric.Malenfant_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> > On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Z. S. O.
> > <tiredashell_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >       Sure! The console output is below. The files in
> > question are utf8_codecvt_facet.cpp, which is in libs/detail,
> > and its header file, which is in boost/detail.
> [snip]
> >       Building file: ../src/boost/libs/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.cpp
> >       Invoking: GCC C++ Compiler g++
> > -I/Volumes/Admin/Projects/TestProgram/src/stlsoft-1.9.60/inclu
> > de -I/Volumes/Admin/Projects/TestProgram/src/boost -O0 -g3
> > -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -MMD -MP
> > -MF"src/boost/libs/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.d"
> > -MT"src/boost/libs/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.d"
> > -o"src/boost/libs/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.o"
> > "../src/boost/libs/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.cpp"
> >
> > /Volumes/Admin/Projects/TestProgram/src/boost/boost/detail/utf
> > 8_codecvt_facet.hpp:113: error: expected constructor,
> > destructor, or type conversion before 'struct'
> >       /usr/include/assert.h:75: error: expected constructor,
> > destructor, or type conversion before 'extern'
> >       ../src/boost/libs/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.cpp:28:
> > error: 'BOOST_UTF8_BEGIN_NAMESPACE' does not name a type
>
> [snip]
>
> Are you sure that you need to compile libs/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.cpp?
>
> boost/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp has this comment:
> // Until the above points are fixed, a library which wants to use utf8
> must:
> // - include this header from one of it's headers or sources
> // - include the corresponding .cpp file from one of the sources
> // - before including either file, the library must define
> //   - BOOST_UTF8_BEGIN_NAMESPACE to the namespace declaration that must be
> used
> //   - BOOST_UTF8_END_NAMESPACE to the code to close the previous namespace
> //   - declaration.
> //   - BOOST_UTF8_DECL -- to the code which must be used for all
> 'exportable'
> //     symbols.
>
> from which it seems that the corresponding .cpp is not designed to be built
> directly, but via inclusion from another Boost lib.
>
>
> Éric Malenfant
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