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

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Compiling boost::regex v4 with VC8 on Windows
From: Wolfgang Goldbach (w.goldbach_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-22 04:20:49

>> 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.
>
Thanks John,
I have now found the answer: Someone had entered special settings for 
the source file, there was /D "BOOST_REGEX_NO_FWD" and /D "STRICT" in 
the debug version. This seemed to work with regex v3, but not with regex v4.

Wolfgang