Re: [Boost-users] Compiling boost::regex v4 with VC8 on Windows

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Compiling boost::regex v4 with VC8 on Windows
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-21 11:37:02

> In my current project boost::regex was used previously from version v3 
> (boost 1.30.2) and there was no problem.
> Because I use a third party SDK that contains boost 1.33.1 I want to use 
> boost and regex (v4) from this SDK.
> In the project there is a source file that includes "boost/regex.hpp". In 
> the release version the file compiles, but in the debug version I get a 
> lot of errors like:
>
> char_regex_traits.hpp(34) : error C2976: 'boost::regex_traits' : too few 
> template arguments
> /basic_regex.hpp(186) : error C2825: 'traits': must be a class or 
> namespace when followed by '::'
> basic_regex.hpp(186) : error C2039: 'size_type' : is not a member of 
> '`global namespace''
>
> I have now removed the preprocessor definition '_DEBUG' from the VC8 
> project that contains the source file but this makes no difference.
> Is there any idea what's going on here ?

Nope, it's a new one on me, but please note that is a really old Boost 
version now.

The only thing I can think of is that maybe you have the include paths set 
correctly in the release build, but mangled somehow in the debug build 
settings.

HTH, John.