Re: [Boost-users] [BGL] Trouble linking read_graphviz

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [BGL] Trouble linking read_graphviz
From: Michael Olea (oleaj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-07 15:48:54

On Jan 7, 2009, at 6:55 AM, Andrew Sutton wrote:

> I have been working through the tutorial portion of "The Boost  
> Graph Library: User Guide and Reference Manual", and have been  
> unable to get example code that includes calls to read_graphviz to  
> link.  For example, code including this line:
>
> read_graphviz("figs/ospf-graph.dot", g_dot);

<...>

> Any ideas what I'm missing and how I might fix it, or what I need  
> to read to find out, would be appreciated.
>
> I remember having similar problems last time I tried to use the  
> graphviz stuff. Basically, the "parameter-extracting" version that  
> you're calling instantiates a function that doesn't really exist,  
> hence the linker error. You have to be more very specific when  
> calling read_graphviz. and pass in the istream and a  
> dynamic_properties object. I think you can omit the "id" string. I  
> think that gave me some problems too.

Turns out the answer I looked at this and yet missed it:

// Deprecated GraphViz readers
void read_graphviz(const std::string& file, GraphvizDigraph& g);
void read_graphviz(FILE* file, GraphvizDigraph& g);
void read_graphviz(const std::string& file, GraphvizGraph& g);
void read_graphviz(FILE* file, GraphvizGraph& g);

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/libs/graph/doc/read_graphviz.html

Doh! Mystery solved.

-- Michael