Re: [boost] Compiling 64bit regex 1.37.0 with VS2005

Subject: Re: [boost] Compiling 64bit regex 1.37.0 with VS2005
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-14 11:43:50

Gary Mann wrote:
>> I also see the same problem compiling with 32 bit MSVC 7.1 SP1
>> (13.10.6030).
>> I don't experience the issue when using STLport - only when using
>> the native
>> Dinkumware STL implementation (not surprising given the preprocessor
>> directives in the file).
>>
>> src\usinstances.cpp(47) : error C2910:
>> 'std::char_traits<wchar_t>::length' :
>> cannot be explicitly specialized
>>
>> I tried grabbing the latest copy of the source file from SVN, but it
>> appears
>> identical to that included in the 1.37.0 distribution. I haven't
>> tried
>> updating all the source and headers for the entire regex component
>> yet...

Ah, got it: it's building with /Zc:wchar_t- that triggers the issue, the 
attached patch fixes this, will be going into SVN shortly.

HTH, John.