"David Maisonave" <boost@axter.com> wrote in message news:<000101c6255d$eec482c0$0f00a8c0@david>...
"Larry Evans" <cppljevans@cox-internet.com> wrote in message news:<drk4c6$vu8$1@sea.gmane.org>...
On 01/29/2006 06:15 PM, David Maisonave wrote:
"Larry Evans" <cppljevans@cox-internet.com> wrote in message news:<drafuf$v06$1@sea.gmane.org>... [snip] Do you mean the test driver code in libs/policy_ptr/test is very confusing? In particular, do you find the std_ptr_shared_ptr_test.cpp confusing?
I could only answer that question if I could find that file. Where are you getting this file from? I don't see a reference to it using the following link: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/boost-sandbox/boost-sandbox/boos t/poli cy_ptr/policy/
Could you please provide a full link to this test?
Just found the link to it: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/boost-sandbox/boost-sandbox/libs/polic y_ptr/test/ I downloaded both the test code, and the policy_ptr code, and the policy_ptr code does not compile. I tried compiling it on VC++ 7.1 and GNU 3.x, and both fail to compile the code. Boost\Policy_ptr\Policy\no_copy.hpp The above header gives a compile error for the following line: #include "../always_false.hpp" //(Line 12) Boost\Policy_ptr\Policy\ref_counted.hpp The above header gives the following error: Boost\Policy_ptr\Policy\ref_counted.hpp(155) : error C2061: syntax error : identifier 'U' Line 155 has the following: BOOST_SP_DECLARE_TEMPLATE_FRIEND(U, ref_counted_, 2) I also notice the following: // In Boost\Policy_ptr\Policy\ref_linked.hpp Line 20 ref_node(void) : prev_(this), next_(this) { } I would think the above code would result in undefined behavior, since a pointer to an object that is not yet fully constructed is being pass to a data member. I'm not sure how the above code would have been tested, if it's not compliable.