[mlpack] build failed with BOOST_PFTO

[Ryan Curtin]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 07:10:28PM +0800, Shangtong Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I install boost 1.59 then build failed.
> 
> /Users/HurricaneTong/GitHub/mlpack/src/mlpack/../mlpack/core/data/serialization_shim.hpp:340:50: warning: unused
>       parameter 'version' [-Wunused-parameter]
>   void serialize(Archive& ar, const unsigned int version)
>                                                  ^
> /Users/HurricaneTong/GitHub/mlpack/src/mlpack/../mlpack/core/data/serialization_shim.hpp:496:29: error: unknown type
>       name 'BOOST_PFTO'
>                       const BOOST_PFTO unsigned int version)
>                             ^
> /Users/HurricaneTong/GitHub/mlpack/src/mlpack/../mlpack/core/data/serialization_shim.hpp:496:40: error: expected ')'
>                       const BOOST_PFTO unsigned int version)
>                                        ^
> /Users/HurricaneTong/GitHub/mlpack/src/mlpack/../mlpack/core/data/serialization_shim.hpp:494:22: note: to match this '('
> inline void serialize(Archive& ar,
>                      ^
> /Users/HurricaneTong/GitHub/mlpack/src/mlpack/../mlpack/core/data/serialization_shim.hpp:499:23: error: cannot refer to
>       class template 'version' without a template argument list
>   tptr->Serialize(ar, version);
>                       ^
> /usr/local/include/boost/serialization/version.hpp:36:8: note: template is declared here
> struct version
>        ^
> 1 warning and 3 errors generated.
> 
> I go into boost dir and there isn’t a pfto.hpp.
> 
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_59_0/libs/serialization/doc/index.html
> 
> It seems boost doesn’t support pfto since 1.58

Hi Shangtong,

I came across this a little while ago and committed a fix to a branch I
was working on, but haven't managed to finish that branch (and push it)
yet.  I've committed 7e682d5 to master just now, and that should fix
your issue.

Thanks,

Ryan

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