Re: [boost] [iostreams][vc8] depreceted standard librarymemberfunctions; fatal linker error

From: Cory Nelson (phrosty_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-01 17:17:28

The deprecated functions/methods I've seen all take buffers as
arguments but not their sizes.

I dont think defining _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE in a header is acceptable.

On 7/1/05, Jonathan Turkanis <technews_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Keith MacDonald wrote:
> > To disable the deprecation warnings, define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE.
> > For more information, search for _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE at
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com.
> 
> I think defining _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE is something the end-user has to do,
> since by the time my headers are included the standard iostreams headers may
> already have been included.
> 
> Do you know any more details about the deprecation of these member functions? I
> was just guessing that the deprecation was for security reasons; can you confirm
> this? I'd also like to know what functions are supposed to replace them.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> > - Keith MacDonald
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> 
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