[boost] MSVC++ 8.0 warning C4996 and std::fill_n

From: Frederick Akalin (akalin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-19 04:22:28

When compiling the example programs for dynamic_bitset with MSVC++ 8.0, 
I get the following message:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE\xutility(2841) : 
warning C4996: 'std::_Fill_n' was declared deprecated

and an exhortation to use the "Safe Standard C++ Library".

As my first task as dynamic_bitset's maintainer, I want to modify it to 
not trigger this warning.  Unfortunately, unlike most of the other 
functions that trigger this warning which have _s alternatives, the only 
alternative to std::fill_n I could find is MS's "safe" version in their 
standard library extension.  There's a preprocessor switch I can set, 
(_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE) but I believe it has to be set globally, as 
it seemed to have no effect when I included it in dynamic_bitset.hpp.

Does this affect any other libraries?  Am I missing anything?  What is 
the best way to solve this?

Frederick Akalin