> > That test seems to not compile. A test that is supposed to not link > fails if it doesn't even get to the link stage. > > Why is this test labelled link-fail? > I don't know. Jeremy?
That's not the meaning of the original link-fail test: we started off with compile-fail, but because some compilers don't instantiate templates until link time, we had to introduce link-fail to mean: "either this doesn't compile, or it compiles but doesn't link". Obviously the meaning got lost somewhere. BTW I could use an equivalent run-fail test for boost-config, meaning: "this file either doesn't compile, link, or run", which is of course the opposite of the current run-fail. So a better naming convention is required all round :-) John Maddock http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/john_maddock/index.htm _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
