[Boost-users] [program_options] crash in VC++2005

From: n.torrey.pines (n.torrey.pines_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-23 22:13:48

In VC++2005 debug mode (Ctrl-F5), this little program aborts:

+++++++++++++ begin ++++++++++++++++++++++++
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/program_options.hpp>

int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
        boost::program_options::options_description desc("Allowed options");
        desc.add_options()
                ("some_option", "\
This option description SHOULD be long enough not to fit in one line");
        std::cout << desc << '\n';
}
++++++++++++ end +++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The debug assertion failure message is:

File: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\INCLUDE\xstring
Line: 173

Through multiple trials, I found that the error occurs if and only if 
the option description is long enough not to fit in one line in the window.

This is boost-1_33_1

Since I have no prior experience with program_options, perhaps I'm using 
it incorrectly?