Bugs item #1155556, was opened at 2005-03-02 19:27 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=107586&aid=1155556&group_id=7586 Category: date_time Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Assigned to: Jeff Garland (az_sw_dude) Summary: parse_date asserts on empty string Initial Comment: the following sample code fails with assert : (Assertion failed: valid_, file c:\dev\externallibs\boost_1_32_0\boost\token_iter ator.hpp, line 57)

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#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp> #include <iostream>

using namespace boost::gregorian; int main( int, char** ) { try { date d = from_simple_string( "" ); // never reached std::cout << to_simple_string( d ) << std::endl; } catch( std::exception & ) { // no std::exception caught ! } return 0; }

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The error seems to be in date_time\date_parsing.hpp, line 119 : for(boost::tokenizer<>::iterator beg=tok.begin(); beg!=tok.end(), pos < spec_str.size(); ++beg, ++pos) {... the comparison "beg!=tok.end()" has no effect because the value of the expression is only determined by "pos < spec_str.size()". Therefore the string iteration goes beyond the end of the string and...assert... The function also fails if the given string is not a complete date, ie: "2004", "2004-Jan" I changed the "," to "&&" and it seems to perform better (though i didn't run the boost regression tests). I also checked the CVS repository to confirm the bug is still there. Have a nice day ! and thanks for this great library, it is really good to develop with it. Here is my email : guillaume.souchet@bnpparibas.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=107586&aid=1155556&group_id=7586 ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Boost-bugs mailing list Boost-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-bugs