Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #4341: get_thread_info error

tonestone57@… — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:34:07 GMT

That should say, compiling a program, requiring libboost_thread, on Haiku results in that error. Compiling boost thread library (libboost_thread) works.

Marshall Clow — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:44:45 GMT

I've looked at the references, and Haiku defines a macro named "get_thread_info". Boost.Thread has a private member function named "get_thread_info" (and yes, it appears in 1.43.0 too)

Needless to say, these two don't play well together.

tonestone57@… — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:00:28 GMT

Ok, thanks Marshall. I understand now what is going on.

I commented out the macro in OS.h and was able to compile the program. It started up but crashed because of Qt error. At least not a boost error anymore. ;-)

Hopefully boost guys will rename their get_thread_info to avoid any conflict with Haiku's macro. Maybe add boost or BST in front or behind to make it dfferent? Bye,

status changed; resolution set

Steven Watanabe — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:50:09 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → fixed

I added some macro protection in [63295].

Marshall, do you think we should modify the inspect tool to have a single list of evil macros to check for? We already have special cases for Microsoft's evilness and Apple's evilness.