[Visualpython-users] Help with Mac Boost library?

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

I built Boost 1_41_0 on an Intel Mac with Python 2.6.4 installed on Snow 
Leopard (OSX 10.6). Because with 10.6 the default for compiling is 
64-bit, and the Carbon component of Visual is supported only for 32-bit 
programs, I specified 32-bit compilation when building Boost and when 
building Visual.

When I try to build Visual, I get errors in compiling render_manager.cpp:

from ../vpython-core2//src/core/util/render_manager.cpp:4:
../vpython-core2//dependencies/boost_files/boost/exception/diagnostic_information.hpp:29: 
error: declaration does not declare anything
../vpython-core2//dependencies/boost_files/boost/exception/diagnostic_information.hpp:30: 
error: declaration does not declare anything
../vpython-core2//dependencies/boost_files/boost/exception/diagnostic_information.hpp:31: 
error: expected primary-expression before ‘)’ token
../vpython-core2//dependencies/boost_files/boost/exception/diagnostic_information.hpp:40: 
error: declaration does not declare anything
../vpython-core2//dependencies/boost_files/boost/exception/diagnostic_information.hpp:41: 
error: declaration does not declare anything
../vpython-core2//dependencies/boost_files/boost/exception/diagnostic_information.hpp:42: 
error: expected primary-expression before ‘)’ token

Below is the start of the file "diagnostic_information.hpp" with line 
numbers 29 and 40 indicated. Can someone with good Mac and/or C++ skills 
suggest a fix or workaround? I did Google around a bit without finding 
anything about this problem.

Bruce Sherwood

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//Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Emil Dotchevski and Reverge Studios, Inc.

//Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See 
accompanying
//file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

#ifndef UUID_0552D49838DD11DD90146B8956D89593
#define UUID_0552D49838DD11DD90146B8956D89593

#include <boost/config.hpp>
#include <boost/exception/get_error_info.hpp>
#include <boost/exception/detail/exception_ptr_base.hpp>
#include <boost/utility/enable_if.hpp>
#include <exception>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>

namespace
boost
{
namespace
exception_detail
{
template <class T>
struct
enable_boost_exception_overload
{
struct yes { char q[100]; };
typedef char no;
static yes check(exception const *); // line 29
static no check(...);
enum e { value=sizeof(check((T*)0))==sizeof(yes) };
};

template <class T>
struct
enable_std_exception_overload
{
struct yes { char q[100]; };
typedef char no;
static yes check(std::exception const *); // line 40
static no check(...);
enum e { value = !enable_boost_exception_overload<T>::value && 
sizeof(check((T*)0))==sizeof(yes) };
};