[boost] UnitTest/BOOST_CHECK_EQUALS always fails with Intel + C-strings

25 Mar 2004

      BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL c style strings does not work on Intel if strings are passed
in a buffer:

	char val[10];

	strcpy(val, "test");

	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL("test", "test");	// ok
	BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(val, "test");		// fails always

The reason:

void f(const char *, const char *)
{
}

template <typename T1, typename T2>
void f(const T1&, const T2&)
{
}

int main()
{
  char val[100];
  strcpy(val, "test");

  // Here is the difference to VC 7.1:
  // VC calls f(const char *, const char*)
  // Intel calls the function template
  f(val, "test");
}

I would guess that Intel works correctly here as f(const char*, const char*)
is no exact match for the arguments char[10], const char*.

Any suggestions?

Stefan

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Stefan Slapeta
Wien/Vienna, Austria

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