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GCC pedantic warning in include/boost/python/detail/caller.hpp

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Bug
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cpp
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Start with include/boost/python/detail/caller.hpp at line 127 and inspect the get_ret() function template. Reproduce the GCC 7.5 pedantic warning described in the issue, then verify that the warning is gone after the minimal correction.

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Description

GCC 7.5 fires pedantic warning in Boost 1.72:

include/boost/python/detail/caller.hpp:127:2: error: extra ‘;’ [-Werror=pedantic]

Code in question is function template get_ret().

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