http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46811
Summary: Compiler lock with no error message while compiling boost::condition with bad parameters Product: gcc Version: 4.5.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: pedro...@yahoo.com Created attachment 22644 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=22644 This version of the program locks the compiler I'm not sure if this is a gcc problem or boost problem. This problem happens while compiling a simple application that uses boost::condition. In fact I made a mistake and exchanged the 2nd and 3rd parameters of the condition.timed_wait function. Instead of a compiler error, the compiler will do nothing for a long time and then it will start printing the same string over and over again, this is an extract of my console after a ctrl-C: oost::lambda::plus_action>, boost::tuples::tuple<const boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::lambda::lambda_functor<boost::lambda::lambda_functor_base<boost::lambda::arithmetic_action<boost::lambda::plus_action>, boost::tuples::tuple<const boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::lambda::lambda_functor<boost::lambda::lambda_functor_base<boost::lambda::arithmetic_action<boost::lambda::plus_action>, boost::tuples::tuple<const boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::lambda::lambda_functor<boost::lambda::lambda_functor_base<boost::lambda::arithmetic_action<boost::lambda::plus_action>, boost::tuples::tuple<const boost::posix_time::ptime, boost::lambda::lambda_functor<boost::lambda::lambda_functor_base<boost::lambda::arithmetic_action<boost::lambda::plus_action>, boost::tuples::tuple<const boost::posix_ti^C It will stay like this for a very long time. If I compile the same program but with the timed_wait parameters in the good order then it compiles instantly. I saw this first at work using a Fedora 12 and boost 1.41. My PC at work is not very fast so the wait was very long. I lost about 1 hour trying to compile with no error message until I realized my mistake. Now I'm at home using a Fedora 14 and boost 1.44 and I have the same behaviour. But with a AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor the timing is much shorter, two initial minutes of nothing, followed by 10 minutes of printing the same strings over and over and then it stops with no error message. My configuration: gcc-4.5.1-4.fc14.x86_64 boost-1.44.0-1.fc14.x86_64 Linux ********* 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 22 15:36:08 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux To reproduce it just try to compile the gcc-lock.cpp file in attach. Exchanging the 2nd and 3rd parameters of the timed_wait function will fix the problem and it will compile instantly.