First steps fail (Compiling the test cases in Windows)

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I am following the Document: First steps->Compiling the test cases->Windows. Since my Python is 64 bit, Windows is 64 bit and VS2015 is 64 bit, I'm targeting 64 bit (who isn't using 64 bit nowadays?) and used "cmake -A x64 .." after "cd build". Errors occurred when I ran "cmake --build . --config Release --target check" as follows:

Done Building Project "C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\build\tests\check.vcx
proj" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

"C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\build\tests\check.vcxproj" (default target)
(1) ->
"C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\build\tests\pytest.vcxproj" (default target
) (3) ->
"C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\build\tests\pybind11_tests.vcxproj" (defaul
t target) (4) ->
(ClCompile target) ->
C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\tests\test_python_types.cpp : warning C481
9: The file contains a character that cannot be represented in the current code
page (936). Save the file in Unicode format to prevent data loss [C:\Users\hzh
ou3\Downloads\pybind11\build\tests\pybind11_tests.vcxproj]

"C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\build\tests\check.vcxproj" (default target)
(1) ->
"C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\build\tests\pytest.vcxproj" (default target
) (3) ->
"C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\build\tests\pybind11_tests.vcxproj" (defaul
t target) (4) ->
(ClCompile target) ->
C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\tests\test_python_types.cpp(471): error C2
181: illegal else without matching if [C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\build
\tests\pybind11_tests.vcxproj]
C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\tests\test_python_types.cpp(476): error C2
065: 'cake32': undeclared identifier [C:\Users\hzhou3\Downloads\pybind11\build
tests\pybind11_tests.vcxproj]

1 Warning(s)
2 Error(s)

I have checked that the Python binary and the testcases are compiled for the same x64 platform. So, how to fix this issue?

My environment:

• Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 64 bit, I am the Administrator and run cmd as Administrator.
• Python 2.7.13 64 bit
• Visual Studio 2015 (v14.0) Update 3
• the pybind11 downloaded is the newest version

[jagerman]

Try adding this to pybind11/tests/CMakeLists.txt, just after pybind11_enable_warnings(pybind11_tests):

if(MSVC)
  target_compile_options(pybind11_tests PRIVATE /utf-8)
endif()

Yes, this solution removes all errors and successfully builds the test cases. Thank you very much!

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