c++/10858: bogus compiler failure while compiling Boost.Python

The following reply was made to PR c++/10858; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Dominique Devriese <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Cc:  
Subject: c++/10858: bogus compiler failure while compiling Boost.Python
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 14:39:09 +0200

 >Number: 10858 >Category: c++ >Synopsis: bogus compiler failure while
 compiling Boost.Python >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority:
 medium >Responsible: unassigned >State: open >Class: rejects-legal
 >Submitter-Id: net >Arrival-Date: Mon May 19 11:56:00 UTC 2003
 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dominique Devriese
 >Release: 3.3 (Debian) (Debian testing/unstable) >Organization:
 >Environment: System: Linux appel 2.4.20-1-686 #1 Sat Mar 22 13:16:21
 EST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux Architecture: i686
 
 	
 host: i386-pc-linux-gnu build: i386-pc-linux-gnu target:
 i386-pc-linux-gnu configured with: ../src/configure -v
 --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f77,pascal,objc,ada,treelang
 --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info
 --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/3.3 --enable-shared
 --with-system-zlib --enable-nls --without-included-gettext
 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-debug
 --enable-java-gc=boehm --enable-java-awt=xlib --enable-objc-gc
 i386-linux >Description:
 	G++ 3.3 fails when compiling a certain c++ file from the
 	Boost.Python library.  The precise line is:
 
         BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(
             sizeof(
                 convert_function_must_take_value_or_const_reference(&ToPython::convert,
                 1L))
             == sizeof(int));
 
 	which is precompiled to:
 
         typedef ::boost::static_assert_test<
         sizeof(::boost::STATIC_ASSERTION_FAILURE< (bool)( sizeof(
         convert_function_must_take_value_or_const_reference(&ToPython::convert,
         1L)) == sizeof(int) ) >)> boost_static_assert_typedef_31;
 
 	This gives the following output:
 
 domi: /tmp> g++ -c python_scripter.i
 /usr/include/boost/python/converter/as_to_python_function.hpp:28:
 sorry, unimplemented: `
    method_call_expr' not supported by dump_expr
    /usr/include/boost/python/converter/as_to_python_function.hpp:28:
    sorry, unimplemented: `
    method_call_expr' not supported by dump_expr
    /usr/include/boost/python/converter/as_to_python_function.hpp:28:
    sorry, unimplemented: `
    method_call_expr' not supported by dump_expr
    /usr/include/boost/python/converter/as_to_python_function.hpp:28:
    sorry, unimplemented: `
    method_call_expr' not supported by dump_expr
 
 	I'm not sure what this means, but GCC 3.2 does not reject the code:
 
 domi: /tmp> g++-3.2 -c python_scripter.3.2.i
 
 >How-To-Repeat:
 
 	Download the python_scripter.i file from
 	http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m0320063/python_scripter.i.bz2
 	bunzip2 it, and compile it as follows: 
 	"g++-3.3 -c python_scripter.i"
 
 >Fix:
 	No idea, sorry.  Hope you manage to fix it, and thanks in
 	advance.
 >Release-Note:
 >Audit-Trail:
 >Unformatted: