[cfe-dev] Attempt to install and test the libc++ failing rather catastrophically

[Howard Hinnant]

On Jun 27, 2011, at 12:37 AM, Jonathan Sauer wrote:

> Hello,
> 
>>> /usr/local/include/boost/detail/container_fwd.hpp:86:47: note: template is declared here
>>>   template <class T, class Allocator> class vector;
>>>   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       ^
>> 
>> /usr/local/include/boost/detail/container_fwd.hpp is illegally trying to forward declare std::vector.  One has to instead #include <vector> if you need to use std::vector.
> 
> This bug is fixed in boost 1.46. Just define BOOST_DETAIL_NO_CONTAINER_FWD, and the full headers are included
> instead of using forward declarations.

Thanks for the info.

>>  There is no portable way to forward declare the std containers (and boost developers should know better).
> 
> Which really is an oversight in the Standard, and a puzzling one at that: After all, there is a forward header for
> <ios>.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/lwg-active.html#submit_issue

Howard