Re: [boost] [xpressive] Lots of warnings on VS9

From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-05 14:09:48

>-----Original Message-----
>From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
>[mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Eric Niebler
>Sent: 05 February 2008 17:35
>To: boost_at_[hidden]
>Subject: Re: [boost] [xpressive] Lots of warnings on VS9
>
>Robert Dailey wrote:
>> I just updated to latest and I'm still getting lots of 
>warnings. I couldn't
>> paste all of the warnings previously because they made the 
>email too long.
>> I'll paste a single warning below:
>> 
>> 
>1>c:\it\personal\rocket_test\sdk\boost\boost\xpressive\detail\u
>tility\sequence_stack.hpp(197)
>> : warning C4996: 'std::fill_n': Function call with 
>parameters that may be
>> unsafe - this call relies on the caller to check that the 
>passed values are
>> correct. To disable this warning, use -D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See
>> documentation on how to use Visual C++ 'Checked Iterators'
>
>This is one of MSVC's security warnings. There is nothing unsafe about 
>this code, despite what msvc would have you believe. Please 
>compile with 
>-D_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE to make this warning go away.

This is quite correct - but could we not make this global to ALL Boost stuff

(and also the other persistent unhelpful and massively voluminous warnings that are such a pest - and seriously
worrying/discouraging to anyone trying out Boost for the first time).

Paul

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