[boost] [Boost-bugs] [ boost-Bugs-1537844 ] format zero length string msvc-8

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Date: 2006-08-10 02:19:23

Bugs item #1537844, was opened at 2006-08-10 16:19
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: John (drjohnfoster)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: format zero length string msvc-8

Initial Comment:
Since Microsoft have deprecated most of the standard 
library, their debug libraries also check for unsafe 
pointers. The following code gives an assertion:

(boost::format("%s") % "").str();

In debug mode, basic_string<char>::append(0, 0) 
called from mk_str in feed_args.hpp is tested by the 
macro _DEBUG_POINTER, and decides the pointer is 
invalid even though the count is 0.

I imagine this toxic behaviour is repeated in a 
number of places. It would be nice if the boost 
library could work around this problem at a low level.

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