Re: [Boost-users] [Regex] Source-only link error in MSVC

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Regex] Source-only link error in MSVC
From: dtexg_at_[hidden]
Date: 2009-05-19 13:30:53

On Tue, 19 May 2009 03:42:57 -0500 John Maddock 
<john_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>  [...]
>> error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>>  [...]
>> (?do_assign@?$basic_regex_at_DU?$regex_traits_at_DV?$
>> w32_regex_traits_at_D@boost@@@boost@@@boost@@
>> AAEAAV12_at_PBD0I@Z) referenced
>>  [...]
>> (?assign@?$basic_regex_at_DU?$regex_traits_at_DV?$
>> w32_regex_traits_at_D@boost@@@boost@@@boost@@
>> QAEAAV12_at_PBD0I@Z)
>>  [...]
>> I wrote the following code:
>>
>>    #define BOOST_REGEX_SOURCE
>>    #include <boost/regex.hpp>
>>
>>    int main()
>>    {
>>        boost::regex r("a");
>>        return 0;
>>    }
>>
>> Everything compiles, but linking fails with the above error.
>>  [...]
>>
>> In a post from 2006, John wrote, "if you are doing something,
>> umm, strange, and you can't track down the cause of the error,
>> you can always just add the regex source directly to your
>> application," but I've not seen this successfully demonstrated
>> in Visual C++.  I'm just looking for an absolutely parsimonious
>> way to add Boost Regex to a VC++ project.
>
>Well, you need to do what I said, not what you did ;-)
>
>Take all the .cpp files in libs/regex/src and add them to your
>console project's source, build and voila, it should all work.
>
>BTW use BOOST_REGEX_NO_LIB not BOOST_REGEX_SOURCE in your source
>files, as the latter is for private regex use only and most
>certainly does not do what you think it does.
>
>In point of fact I do this all the time, so it definitely does
>work.
>
>HTH, John.

My embarrassment is outstripped only by my gratitude.  That did 
help completely, so I just want to confirm it for indexing and 
posterity:  I changed the #define BOOST_REGEX_SOURCE to 
BOOST_REGEX_NO_LIB (or BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB) instead, then right-
clicked on Source Files, chose Add -> Existing Item, and added all 
the .cpp files in libs/regex/source.  When I built, it compiled all 
those .cpp files (where obviously it wasn't before), then linked 
successfully and everything just worked and everyone lived happily 
ever after.

Sadly, I never would have figured that out.  Thank you very much!

/Eric

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