[Boost-users] [asio] mingw compile problem

Subject: [Boost-users] [asio] mingw compile problem
From: Tim Blechmann (tim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-02-18 14:10:50

hi all,

i'm using asio successfully on both linux and osx. but when compiling via mingw, 
i get the two compile errors, both are related to const-correctness.

problem 1:
In file included from 
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/external_libraries/boost/boost/asio/detail/win_iocp_serial_port_service.hpp:225,
                 from 
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/external_libraries/boost/boost/asio/serial_port_service.hpp:26,
                 from 
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/external_libraries/boost/boost/asio/basic_serial_port.hpp:30,
                 from 
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/external_libraries/boost/boost/asio.hpp:25,
                 from 
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/server/supernova/sc/../server/../sc/../utilities/osc_server.hpp:25,
                 from 
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/server/supernova/sc/../server/../sc/sc_osc_handler.hpp:35,
                 from 
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/server/supernova/sc/../server/server.hpp:27,
                 from 
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/server/supernova/sc/sc_plugin_interface.cpp:31:
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/external_libraries/boost/boost/asio/detail/impl/win_iocp_serial_port_service.ipp: 
In member function ‘boost::system::error_code 
boost::asio::detail::win_iocp_serial_port_service::open(boost::asio::detail::win_iocp_handle_service::implementation_type&, 
const std::string&, boost::system::error_code&)’:
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/external_libraries/boost/boost/asio/detail/impl/win_iocp_serial_port_service.ipp:58: 
error: invalid conversion from ‘const char*’ to ‘CHAR*’
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/external_libraries/boost/boost/asio/detail/impl/win_iocp_serial_port_service.ipp:58: 
error:   initializing argument 1 of ‘void* CreateFileA(CHAR*, DWORD, DWORD, 
_SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES*, DWORD, DWORD, void*)’

problem 2:
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/external_libraries/boost/boost/asio/buffer.hpp: 
In function ‘PointerToPodType boost::asio::buffer_cast(const 
boost::asio::const_buffer&) [with PointerToPodType = void*]’:
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/external_libraries/boost/boost/asio/detail/impl/win_iocp_handle_service.ipp:322:   
instantiated from here
/home/tim/workspace/supercollider/external_libraries/boost/boost/asio/buffer.hpp:428: 
error: invalid static_cast from type ‘const void*’ to type ‘void*’

any idea, how i can work around these issues?

thanks, tim