[boost] Boost and Borland C++ Compiler 5.5

Subject: [boost] Boost and Borland C++ Compiler 5.5
From: Marcin Kurek (kurk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-19 14:05:16

Hello everybody,

I faced a problem when upgrading a piece of software originally written 
using Borland C++ Builder 5. Because there are some configuration files 
I need to parse I thought it might be a good idea to use Boost Regex. 
However, I've encountered many errors when I tried to build it. I've 
downloaded 1.37.0 release and followed instructions in "Getting started 
on Windows":

E:\boost_1_37_0\bjam.exe --build-dir E:\boost-build --toolset=borland

As result I get multiple errors:

    "bcc32.exe" -j5 -g255 -q -c -P -Ve -Vx -a8 -b- -O2 -tWC -tWR -tWC 
-WM- -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB=1 -DNDEBUG -I"." -I"C:\Program 
Files\Borland\CBuilder5/include/"
build\borland\release\link-static\copysignf.obj" 
"libs\math\build\..\src\tr1\copysignf.cpp"

...failed borland.compile.c++ 
e:\boost-build\boost\bin.v2\libs\math\build\borland\release\link-static\copysignf.obj...
borland.compile.c++ 
e:\boost-build\boost\bin.v2\libs\math\build\borland\release\link-static\erfcf.obj
libs\math\build\..\src\tr1\erfcf.cpp:
Error E2176 .\boost/math/tr1.hpp 179: Too many types in declaration
Error E2176 .\boost/math/tr1.hpp 180: Too many types in declaration
Error E2176 .\boost/math/tr1.hpp 181: Too many types in declaration

I've downloaded BCC 5.5.1 from Borland, but the effect was the same. I 
also was trying some older releases of Boost, including 1.32.0 and 1.33.1.

E:\boost_1_33_1\bjam.exe -sTOOLS=borland install

    "bcc32" -j5 -g255 -q -c -P -w -Ve -Vx -a8 -b-  -DNDEBUG -DNDEBUG 
-DBOOST_IOSTREAMS_DYN_LINK=1 -O2 -vi -w-inl -tWR -tWD -WM- -w-8001 
-I"bin\boost\libs\iostreams\build" -I"E:\boost_1_33_1"  -I"E:\bo
ost_1_33_1" 
-o"bin\boost\libs\iostreams\build\boost_iostreams.dll\borland\release\mapped_file.obj" 
"E:\boost_1_33_1\libs\iostreams\build\..\src\mapped_file.cpp"
(...)
borland-C++-action 
bin\boost\libs\iostreams\build\boost_iostreams.dll\borland\release\threading-multi\mapped_file.obj
E:\boost_1_33_1\libs\iostreams\build\..\src\mapped_file.cpp:
Error E2401 E:\boost_1_33_1\boost/iostreams/detail/is_iterator_range.hpp 
20: Invalid template argument list
Error E2303 E:\boost_1_33_1\boost/iostreams/detail/is_iterator_range.hpp 
20: Type name expected
Error E2238 E:\boost_1_33_1\boost/range/iterator.hpp 102: Multiple 
declaration for 'range_iterator<char *>'
Error E2344 E:\boost_1_33_1\boost/range/iterator.hpp 77: Earlier 
declaration of 'range_iterator<char *>'
Error E2238 E:\boost_1_33_1\boost/range/iterator.hpp 108: Multiple 
declaration for 'range_iterator<wchar_t *>'
Error E2228 E:\boost_1_33_1\boost/range/iterator.hpp 108: Too many error 
or warning messages

I don't have an idea what's wrong. I was googling a lot, but after 6 
hours I guess I'll give up for today. Maybe there's something obvious I 
don't see, could anybody point me in the right direction, please?

Thanks a lot,
Marcin