As for the Workshop 6 compiler - it does look like a compiler bug. I don't know if I mentioned, but we compiled it also on a new compiler (on the same platform, ofcourse) and there were no errors. If you'll take a look at the errors below (please don't be alarmed by the long list - it's just long error messages...) you'll see that all the errors are given for the same reason. The errors I get compiling with Workshop 6 (on SunOS) are (sorry for the long list...): "../../..//boost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp", line 91: Error: Cannot assign int to boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp", line 93: Error: Cannot assign int to boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp", line 95: Error: Cannot assign int to boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 63: Error: Formal argument f of type boost::regex_constants::_match_flags in call to boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::setf(boost::regex_constants::_match_flags) is being passed int. "../src/cregex.cpp", line 263: Where: While instantiating "boost::regex_grep>(boost::re_detail::pred1, const char*, const char*, const boost::reg_expression>&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags)". "../src/cregex.cpp", line 263: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 76: Error: Formal argument f of type boost::regex_constants::_match_flags in call to boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::unsetf(boost::regex_constants::_match_flags) is being passed int. "../src/cregex.cpp", line 263: Where: While instantiating "boost::regex_grep>(boost::re_detail::pred1, const char*, const char*, const boost::reg_expression>&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags)". "../src/cregex.cpp", line 263: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. "../src/cregex.cpp", line 461: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../src/cregex.cpp", line 470: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 58: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 47: Where: While instantiating "boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::perl_matcher(boost::re_detail::mapfile_iterat or, boost::re_detail::mapfile_iterator, boost::match_results, boost::detail::simple_alloc>>&, const boost::reg_expression>&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags)". "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 47: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 60: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 47: Where: While instantiating "boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::perl_matcher(boost::re_detail::mapfile_iterat or, boost::re_detail::mapfile_iterator, boost::match_results, boost::detail::simple_alloc>>&, const boost::reg_expression>&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags)". "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 47: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. "../src/posix_api.cpp", line 70: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../src/posix_api.cpp", line 173: Error: Cannot use int to initialize boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. "../src/posix_api.cpp", line 179: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../src/posix_api.cpp", line 181: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 60: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 47: Where: While instantiating "boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::perl_matcher(boost::re_detail::mapfile_iterat or, boost::re_detail::mapfile_iterator, boost::match_results, boost::detail::simple_alloc>>&, const boost::reg_expression>&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags)". "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 47: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp", line 398: Error: Could not find a match for boost::re_detail::_reg_format_aux(boost::re_detail::string_out_iterator>, const boost::match_results, boost::detail::simple_alloc>>, const char*, int, const boost::regex_traits<char>). "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp", line 472: Where: While instantiating "boost::re_detail::_reg_format_aux>, const char*, boost::detail::allocator_adapter, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, char, boost::regex_traits<char>>(boost::re_detail::string_out_iterator>, const boost::match_results, boost::detail::simple_alloc>>&, const char*&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags, const boost::regex_traits<char>&)". "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp", line 472: Where: Instantiated from boost::regex_replace>, const char*, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter, char>(boost::re_detail::string_out_iterator>, const char*, const char*, const boost::reg_expression>&, const char*, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags). "../src/cregex.cpp", line 462: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp", line 406: Error: Could not find a match for boost::re_detail::_reg_format_aux(boost::re_detail::string_out_iterator>, const boost::match_results, boost::detail::simple_alloc>>, const char*, int, const boost::regex_traits<char>). "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp", line 472: Where: While instantiating "boost::re_detail::_reg_format_aux>, const char*, boost::detail::allocator_adapter, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, char, boost::regex_traits<char>>(boost::re_detail::string_out_iterator>, const boost::match_results, boost::detail::simple_alloc>>&, const char*&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags, const boost::regex_traits<char>&)". "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp", line 472: Where: Instantiated from boost::regex_replace>, const char*, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter, char>(boost::re_detail::string_out_iterator>, const char*, const char*, const boost::reg_expression>&, const char*, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags). "../src/cregex.cpp", line 462: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 203: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 167: Where: While instantiating "boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::find_imp()". "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 167: Where: Instantiated from boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::find(). "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 49: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 221: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 167: Where: While instantiating "boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::find_imp()". "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 167: Where: Instantiated from boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::find(). "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 49: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 221: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 167: Where: While instantiating "boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::find_imp()". "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 167: Where: Instantiated from boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::find(). "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_grep.hpp", line 49: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. CC -c -O2 -I../../../ -xarch=v9 -g -o sunpro/libboost_regex/wide_posix_api.o ../src/wide_posix_api.cpp "../src/wide_posix_api.cpp", line 78: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../src/wide_posix_api.cpp", line 181: Error: Cannot use int to initialize boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. "../src/wide_posix_api.cpp", line 187: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../src/wide_posix_api.cpp", line 189: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 138: Error: The operation "boost::regex_constants::_match_flags |= int" is illegal. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 118: Where: While instantiating "boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::match_imp()". "../../..//boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp", line 118: Where: Instantiated from boost::re_detail::perl_matcher, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>::match(). "../../..//boost/regex/v4/regex_match.hpp", line 51: Where: Instantiated from boost::regex_match, boost::detail::simple_alloc>, char, boost::regex_traits<char>, boost::detail::allocator_adapter>(const char*, const char*, boost::match_results, boost::detail::simple_alloc>>&, const boost::reg_expression>&, boost::regex_constants::_match_flags). "../src/cregex.cpp", line 219: Where: Instantiated from non-template code. As for the 64-bit issue: In order to compile it I simply added the -xarch=v9 flag. Am I supposed to add something else? I run "regress ../tests.txt". And what I get is (again, sorry for the massive data...) Error in line 756 of file ../tests.txt Expression: a Search text: a a a aa Flags: REG_EXTENDED | REG_PERL | REG_AWK | REG_EGREP | REG_STARTEND | basic | escape_in_lists | char_classes | intervals | bk_refs | perlex | normal | basic | extended | perl | REG_GREP class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [8,8] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [9,9] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [8,8] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [9,9] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [8,8] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [9,9] Error in line 757 of file ../tests.txt Expression: a+b+ Search text: aabaabbb ab Flags: REG_EXTENDED | REG_PERL | REG_AWK | REG_EGREP | REG_STARTEND | basic | escape_in_lists | char_classes | intervals | bk_refs | perlex | normal | basic | extended | perl | REG_GREP class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [3,3] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [11,11] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [3,3] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [11,11] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [3,3] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [11,11] Error in line 758 of file ../tests.txt Expression: a(b*|c|e)d Search text: adabbdacd Flags: REG_EXTENDED | REG_PERL | REG_AWK | REG_EGREP | REG_STARTEND | basic | escape_in_lists | char_classes | intervals | bk_refs | perlex | normal | basic | extended | perl | REG_GREP class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [2,2] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [6,6] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [9,9] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [2,2] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [6,6] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [9,9] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [2,2] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [6,6] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [9,9] Error in line 759 of file ../tests.txt Expression: a Search text: a a a aa Flags: REG_EXTENDED | REG_PERL | REG_AWK | REG_EGREP | REG_STARTEND | basic | escape_in_lists | char_classes | intervals | bk_refs | perlex | normal | basic | extended | perl | REG_GREP class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [8,8] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [9,9] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [8,8] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [9,9] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [8,8] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [9,9] Error in line 761 of file ../tests.txt Expression: ^ Search text: Flags: REG_EXTENDED | REG_PERL | REG_AWK | REG_EGREP | REG_STARTEND | basic | escape_in_lists | char_classes | intervals | bk_refs | perlex | normal | basic | extended | perl | REG_GREP class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [10,10] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [10,10] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [10,10] Error in line 762 of file ../tests.txt Expression: ^ab Search text: ab ab ab Flags: REG_EXTENDED | REG_PERL | REG_AWK | REG_EGREP | REG_STARTEND | basic | escape_in_lists | char_classes | intervals | bk_refs | perlex | normal | basic | extended | perl | REG_GREP class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] Error in line 763 of file ../tests.txt Expression: ^[^\n]*\n Search text: Flags: REG_EXTENDED | REG_PERL | REG_AWK | REG_EGREP | REG_STARTEND | basic | escape_in_lists | char_classes | intervals | bk_refs | perlex | normal | basic | extended | perl | REG_GREP class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [4,4] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [7,7] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [8,8] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [11,11] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [4,4] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [7,7] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [8,8] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [11,11] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [0,0] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [4,4] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [7,7] class RegEx grep error in $`: found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [8,8] class RegEx grep error in $': found [4294967295,8589934590] expected [11,11] Error in line 764 of file ../tests.txt Expression: \ wrote in message news:01d001c44a1e$f32180f0$52f20352@fuji...

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CC -c -O2 -I../../../ -o sunpro/libboost_regex/c_regex_traits.o ../src/c_regex_traits.cpp "../../..//boost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp", line 91: Error: Cannot assign int to boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp", line 93: Error: Cannot assign int to boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp", line 95: Error: Cannot assign int to boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. 3 Error(s) detected.

That would be a compiler bug, please submit it such if you are able to, in the mean time I will patch a workaround into the source.

[ Note - the reason it's a compiler bug, is that in the code:

inline match_flags& operator&=(match_flags& m1, match_flags m2)

{ m1 = m1&m2; return m1; }

The result of m1&m2 is type match_flags, and *not* int as the compiler suggests, because of the earlier defined operator:

inline match_flags operator&(match_flags m1, match_flags m2)

{ return static_cast(static_castboost::int32_t(m1) & static_castboost::int32_t(m2)); }

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These are just a few. The rest of the errors occured for the same reasons in various files. (If you want those too - let me know).

Yes! I can't patch the source unless you give me all the available information. Incidently it might be easiest to work around this by including sunpro in the workaround above that reads:

#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, <= 1200) || BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x564))

in match_flags.hpp

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2. The aCC errors are (HP-IX): aCC -o generic/boost_regex/cpp_regex_traits.o -c -Aa -AA +O2 -I../../../ -O ../src/cpp_regex_traits.cpp Error 742: "../src/cpp_regex_traits.cpp", line 382 # Source type const char *& and target type char * in a const_cast can only differ in their qualifiers pmd->sbuf.pubsetbuf(const_cast(first), static_caststd::streamsize(last-first));

I mistakingly wrote dynamic_cast in the original post, but I meant const_cast. Sorry for the confusion.

Please notice that we had to add manually some flags to generic.mak (which is the makefile we used to build it on HP-IX). I'm aware of some example you gave in the html documentation about compiling with aCC - but we still had to change some flags. (I know these weren't formal settings and just an example).

Is there any chance that there will be a HP-IX-special makefile? It will make life much easier. :-)

If you want to provide one - I don't have access to that compiler.

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3. I forgot to mension, that we managed to compile RegEX with SunOS C++ 5.5 both in 32 & 64 bits. There were no errors, BUT in 64 bits when we tried to run the rs/regress test - it failed (something which didn't happen in the 32-bits version). There was also a memory access violation, so even thought the compilation went just fine - apparently the library is not fully 64-bit compatible.

What can we do to overcome this problem?

OK a couple of data points: the library is passing all it's tests with IBM C++ on Itanium, so I would be surprised if this is 64-bit issue as such, it's more likely to be a compiler or platform specific issue. As I asked before what precisely is failing? What is the general protection fault? Where in the code does it occur (stack trace?) and so on. I'm going to need a lot more information before I can make any suggestions, and probably you're going to have to do some debugging as well...

John. "John Maddock" wrote in message news:01d001c44a1e$f32180f0$52f20352@fuji...

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CC -c -O2 -I../../../ -o sunpro/libboost_regex/c_regex_traits.o ../src/c_regex_traits.cpp "../../..//boost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp", line 91: Error: Cannot assign int to boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp", line 93: Error: Cannot assign int to boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. "../../..//boost/regex/v4/match_flags.hpp", line 95: Error: Cannot assign int to boost::regex_constants::_match_flags. 3 Error(s) detected.

That would be a compiler bug, please submit it such if you are able to, in the mean time I will patch a workaround into the source.

[ Note - the reason it's a compiler bug, is that in the code:

inline match_flags& operator&=(match_flags& m1, match_flags m2)

{ m1 = m1&m2; return m1; }

The result of m1&m2 is type match_flags, and *not* int as the compiler suggests, because of the earlier defined operator:

inline match_flags operator&(match_flags m1, match_flags m2)

{ return static_cast(static_castboost::int32_t(m1) & static_castboost::int32_t(m2)); }

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These are just a few. The rest of the errors occured for the same reasons in various files. (If you want those too - let me know).

Yes! I can't patch the source unless you give me all the available information. Incidently it might be easiest to work around this by including sunpro in the workaround above that reads:

#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, <= 1200) || BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x564))

in match_flags.hpp

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2. The aCC errors are (HP-IX): aCC -o generic/boost_regex/cpp_regex_traits.o -c -Aa -AA +O2 -I../../../ -O ../src/cpp_regex_traits.cpp Error 742: "../src/cpp_regex_traits.cpp", line 382 # Source type const char *& and target type char * in a const_cast can only differ in their qualifiers pmd->sbuf.pubsetbuf(const_cast(first), static_caststd::streamsize(last-first));

I mistakingly wrote dynamic_cast in the original post, but I meant const_cast. Sorry for the confusion.

Please notice that we had to add manually some flags to generic.mak (which is the makefile we used to build it on HP-IX). I'm aware of some example you gave in the html documentation about compiling with aCC - but we still had to change some flags. (I know these weren't formal settings and just an example).

Is there any chance that there will be a HP-IX-special makefile? It will make life much easier. :-)

If you want to provide one - I don't have access to that compiler.

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3. I forgot to mension, that we managed to compile RegEX with SunOS C++

5.5

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both in 32 & 64 bits. There were no errors, BUT in 64 bits when we tried to run the rs/regress test - it failed (something which didn't happen in the 32-bits version). There was also a memory access violation, so even thought the compilation went just fine - apparently the library is not fully 64-bit compatible.

What can we do to overcome this problem?

OK a couple of data points: the library is passing all it's tests with IBM C++ on Itanium, so I would be surprised if this is 64-bit issue as such, it's more likely to be a compiler or platform specific issue. As I asked before what precisely is failing? What is the general protection fault? Where in the code does it occur (stack trace?) and so on. I'm going to need a lot more information before I can make any suggestions, and probably you're going to have to do some debugging as well...

John.