I forgot to mention that I am building the CVS version of the library, fresh as of Sun night (2003-01-12). --bruce --- In Boost-Users@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Lowery " wrote:

In building the boost/python library on solaris using v6.2.p2 of

the

sunpro compiler, two compile-time errors occur, one in 'cast.hpp' and the other in 'inheritance.hpp'. Details are below.

--bruce

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boost/boost/python/cast.hpp: line 65: Error: Default arguments cannot be added in later declarations of the template function in the same scope.

57 template 58 inline Target* downcast(Source* p, yes_convertible) 59 { 60 return static_cast(p); 61 } 62 63 template 64 inline Target* downcast(Source* p, no_convertible, boost::type<Target>* = 0) *** 65 { *** 66 typedef typename base_type_traits<Source>::type base; 67 return (Target*)detail::downcast<base>(p, convertible::check((base*)0)); 68 }

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boost/boost/python/object/inheritance.hpp: line 134: Error: ")" expected instead of ">".

130 template 131 inline void register_conversion( 132 // We need this parameter because CWPro7 can't determine 133 // which is the base reliably. *** 134 bool is_downcast = !cast_generator::is_upcast *** 132 133 // These parameters shouldn't be used, they're an MSVC bug workaround 134 , Source* = 0, Target* = 0) 135 { 136 typedef typename cast_generator::type generator; 137 138 add_cast(python::type_id<Source>() 139 , python::type_id<Target>() 140 , &generator::execute 141 , is_downcast); 142 }