Re: [Boost-users] using boost::format with STLPort

On 12/31/04 9:15 AM, "Alexey Bakhvalov" wrote:

I have a problem when I try to include "boost/format.hpp" from Boost 1.32 in a project that uses STLPort library.

I am using MSVC 7.1 and the compiler prints the following error:

\boost\format\format_implementation.hpp(216) : error C2244: 'boost::basic_format::size' : unable to match function definition to an existing declaration \boost\format\format_class.hpp(58) : see declaration of 'boost::basic_format::size' definition 'basic_format::size_type boost::basic_format::size(void) const' existing declarations 'boost::basic_format::size_type boost::basic_format::size(void) const'

If I switch back to Boost 1.31 or don't use STLPort then the problem goes away.

I just wonder what can be the cause of such strange error because I can't see any difference between function's definition and declaration. Also I use many other Boost libraries and don't have this problem with either of them.

::size_type" while the definition's return type doesn't have the "boost::" namespace prefix. I haven't looked at the source of Format, so I don't know where the difference comes from, or why it's fatal. Maybe it's lookup

I see one difference. It's in the return type of the definition vs. the declaration. The declaration uses "boost::basic_format< Ch, Tr, Alloc problems. Maybe STLPort actually has an item named "basic_format"? -- Daryle Walker Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie darylew AT hotmail DOT com