With the latest Boost CVS compilation of boost/libs/python/src/object/inheritance.cpp with the old IRIX MIPSpro compiler (EDG 238) fails for this code in boost/boost/graph/properties.hpp: namespace detail { template<typename VertexBundle, typename EdgeBundle> type_traits::yes_type is_vertex_bundle_helper(VertexBundle*); template<typename VertexBundle, typename EdgeBundle> type_traits::no_type is_vertex_bundle_helper(EdgeBundle*); template<typename VertexBundle, typename EdgeBundle, typename Bundle> struct is_vertex_bundle { BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, value = ((sizeof(is_vertex_bundle_helper<VertexBundle, EdgeBundle>((Bundle*)0)) == sizeof(type_traits::yes_type)))); }; } The error is: cc-1278 CC: ERROR File = /txusr/rwgrosse/hot/boost/boost/graph/properties.hpp, Line = 363 No instance of overloaded function "boost::detail::is_vertex_bundle_helper" matches the argument list. The argument types are: (Bundle *). BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, value = ((sizeof(is_vertex_bundle_helper<VertexBundle, EdgeBundle>((Bundle*)0)) ^ I tried to rearrange the code a bit: namespace detail { template<typename VertexBundle, typename EdgeBundle> struct is_vertex_bundle_helper { static type_traits::yes_type get(VertexBundle*); static type_traits::no_type get(EdgeBundle*); }; template<typename VertexBundle, typename EdgeBundle, typename Bundle> struct is_vertex_bundle { typedef is_vertex_bundle_helper<VertexBundle, EdgeBundle> helper_t; BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, value = ((sizeof(helper_t::get((Bundle*)0)) == sizeof(type_traits::yes_type)))); }; } This still compiles with other compilers (gcc 3.4 and EDG 245), but not with the old EDG 238: cc-1108 CC: ERROR File = /txusr/rwgrosse/hot/boost/boost/graph/properties.hpp, Line = 368 The indicated expression must have pointer-to-function type. BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, value = ((sizeof(helper_t::get((Bundle*)0)) == sizeof(type_traits::yes_type)))); ^ It doesn't even compile if I simplify the code like this: cc-1108 CC: ERROR File = /txusr/rwgrosse/hot/boost/boost/graph/properties.hpp, Line = 371 The indicated expression must have pointer-to-function type. static const std::size_t value1 = sizeof(helper_t::get((Bundle*)0)); ^ 1 error detected in the compilation of "/txusr/rwgrosse/hot/boost/libs/python/sr I am lost here. Suggestions for workarounds are very much appreciated. It used to compile with the CVS from a couple of days ago. It is important to us to get the IRIX build working again. Thanks in advance, Ralf P.S.: inheritance.cpp compiles if I simply set BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, value = false); Therefore I was hopeful that the problem can be fixed by rearranging the code fragments shown above. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail