RE: [Boost-Users] simplest pool_alloc example does not work on VC6

From: Ben Hutchings (ben.hutchings_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-22 10:10:09

scleary_at_[hidden] wrote:
> Sorry, Boost.Pool does not currently support MSVC, due to that
compiler's
> extreme lack of template support.
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For VC++ 6, all that should be needed is a _Charalloc function (instead
of struct rebind) and a change to the type of deallocate's first
parameter (to void *, which actually makes more sense).

The VC++ 7 compiler is good enough to support standard allocators and
the library does use them.  With the addition of a variable name and
semi-colon, the given example can be compiled with this version.

Is there some other reason why VC++ cannot be supported?