Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #11855: generic gives problems in C++/CLI

anonymous — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 10:50:11 GMT

Any update on this issue, I am also facing same?

Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:29:46 GMT

C++/CLI has an extension called __identifier (See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hzc8ytsz.aspx) that can be used to work around it. Something like the following should work:

#ifdef __cplusplus_cli
#define generic __identifier(generic)
#endif
#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
#ifdef __cplusplus_cli
#undef generic
#endif

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:47:55 GMT

i think it is a bad idea (and unnecessary) to use C++/CLI keywords in boost code. it would be nice if it could be fixed for future boost versions.

Serear — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 13:32:03 GMT

Is there a fix planned for the next release ?

anonymous — Sun, 01 May 2016 09:56:13 GMT

Facing the same issue here

anonymous — Tue, 17 May 2016 18:41:50 GMT

This is still a problem in boost 1.61.0 when compiling with Visual Studio 2015. Please consider the name generic_path() for this function.

anonymous — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:39:31 GMT

Generic_path() is a great option. Possible to put in next build?

status changed; resolution set

Beman Dawes — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:38:20 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → fixed

Fixed in develop. Should be in master in time for 1.63.0.

The old generic() name is deprecated but still supported. It and other deprecated functions can be turned off by defining BOOST_FILESYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED.

Thanks,

--Beman

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:51:07 GMT

Was this actually fixed? I'm getting the same error with boost 1.64

anonymous — Sat, 12 May 2018 12:48:05 GMT

Hi, Im having the same problem. If I define BOOST_FILESYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED the code compiles but then I get a runtime exception when the form is initialized.

anonymous — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:10:12 GMT

Having this issue with boost 1.67.