Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Regex compile error with gcc 4.6

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Regex compile error with gcc 4.6
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-10 04:49:33

boost/regex.hpp fails to compile with gcc 4.6, giving the following errors:

In file included from /lib/boost/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher.hpp:578:0,
from /lib/boost/boost/regex/v4/regex.hpp:88,
from /lib/boost/boost/regex.hpp:31,
from test.cpp:1:
/lib/boost/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp: In member function 
‘bool boost::re_detail::perl_matcher<BidiIterator, Allocator, 
traits>::unwind_short_set_repeat(bool)’:
/lib/boost/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp:1394:85: error: 
invalid use of incomplete type ‘const struct 
boost::regex_traits_wrapper<traits>’
/lib/boost/boost/regex/v4/regex_traits.hpp:163:8: error: declaration of 
‘const struct boost::regex_traits_wrapper<traits>’
/lib/boost/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp:1394:85: error: 
invalid type argument of unary ‘*’ (have ‘BidiIterator’)

It compiles fine with gcc 4.5.

Is this an issue with boost or gcc? Should I report it as a bug?

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I'm afraid I don't understand why it's giving that error at all, 4.6 isn't a 
released compiler yet right?

Anyone else have any ideas?

Thanks, John.