On 6/27/2014 6:38 AM, Daniel James wrote:

On 26 June 2014 17:31, Edward Diener wrote:

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Is there any logical reason for the #line markers in the source files for the 'literal' tests in Boost parameter ?

VC++ will not compile these tests with them and although they appear to me as completely valid C++ I would like to create a pull request to fix the VC++ problem. If there is no reason for the #line markers I can remove them, else I can wrap in "#if !defined(BOOST_MSVC)/#endif" pairs after including boost/config.h.

The tests are extracted from the library documentation, so any changes you make will be overwritten if anyone regenerates them. The #line directives indicate the original location of the source code, so that the compiler gives the correct location in error messages.

I'm not sure how useful these tests are now since no one's normally checking them and they were never merged to release.

I will look at the Python script that generates the source and see if it cannot be changed so that VC++ can still compile the generated source without errors. I think the tests are still useful for the 'develop' testing even if they are not included on the 'master' branch.