Re: [Boost-users] boost bind conflicting with socket bind

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost bind conflicting with socket bind
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-29 14:51:40

Sharad Mittal:

> Hello,
> My Socket code that contains call to "bind" to a port is conflicting with 
> boost::bind in 1.36. It compiles fine under boost 1.34 and 1.35. 
> Interestingly, nothing is included from boost in that file. I am using 
> boost with mingw on Win Xp.
>
> The code snippet is as follows:
...

>    if (bind(s_, (sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof(sockaddr_in)) == SOCKET_ERROR) {

I don't know why this call chooses to call boost::bind instead of the socket 
bind; it may have something to do with the type of s_.

Either way, you should be able to fix it by using ::bind instead of just 
bind.

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Peter Dimov
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