Error compiling Boost.Python library on Solaris

31 May 2007

      Hello all!

I have a compilation error with Boost 1.34.0, Sun Workshop 11 compiler.

Compiling Python library, I get

"libs/python/src/object/class.cpp", line 458: Error: Overloading ambiguity between "boost::python::api::getattr(const boost::python::scope&, const char(&)[11], const boost::python::str&)" and "boost::python::api::getattr(const boost::python::api::object&, const char*, const boost::python::api::object&)".

The code in question is 

  object module_prefix()
  {
      return object(
          PyObject_IsInstance(scope().ptr(), upcast<PyObject>(&PyModule_Type))
          ? object(scope().attr("__name__"))
          : api::getattr(scope(), "__module__", str())  <<=====
          );
  }

Of course, casting the string constant to (const char*) solves the problem, even though I realize it's not a boost-like solution.

The rest of 1.34 compiles perfectly for me (thanks are in order - excellent job!).

The exact version of the compiler is 

$ CC -V
CC: Sun C++ 5.8 Patch 121017-07 2006/11/02

Sincerely, 
    Arkadiy Belousov 

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Belousov, Arkadiy, GCM

Kruk, Mark S

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