Re: [Threads-devel] linking bug

From: Anthony Williams (anthony_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-05 10:50:27

Vitaly Buka <bvs_at_[hidden]> writes:

> It happens ONLY when platform is x64.
>
>> Hello threads-devel,
>
>>   under Visual Studio 2005
>>   when building boost thread
>
>>   libboost_thread-vc80-mt-p-1_33_1.lib(once.obj)   :   error  LNK2019:
>>   unresolved    external    symbol   __imp__InterlockedCompareExchange
>>   referenced      in     function     "long     __cdecl     `anonymous
>>   namespace'::compare_exchange(long       *       volatile,long,long)"
>>   (?compare_exchange@?A0x2926274c@@YAJREAJJJ_at_Z)
>
>>   also i found than some other have this bug too
>
>>   http://archives.free.net.ph/message/20051123.135546.4896e194.en.html

Yes. There is a bug in the Microsoft Platform SDK for x64, in that there is
*only* an intrinsic form of InterlockedCompareExchange; the library function
which is present for other versions of the SDK is missing for x64. I was
intending to fix it, but my hard disk died and I've been on holiday, so I
haven't got round to doing any boost stuff for a while.

Anthony
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