Re: [boost] minor compile-time issue with boost::regex (1.32)

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-02 05:57:14

> this will cause compile warnings in VC7.1 with the "detect 64bit
> issues" flag set:
>
> boost::match_results<string::const_iterator> what;
> for(boost::match_results<string::const_iterator>::size_type i=0;
> i<what.size(); i++)
>   results.push_back(string(what[i].first, what[i].second));
>
> warning C4267: 'argument' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int',
> possible loss of data
>
> it seems the operator takes an int for index instead of size_type.

For historical reasons a negative index is permitted - so for now I'm not 
going to change this to a size_type argument - although if there's any other 
way to suppress the warning I'll happily use it.

John.