Re: [Boost-users] Boost: Getting Started on Windows

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost: Getting Started on Windows
From: Olivier Bertrand (bertrandop_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-26 18:54:35

  Ok, but when I have tried a free version of Visual studio 2008 
(because the 6.0 version was not compatible with Vista) I realized that 
the program I developed with it did not work under XP!!! That is why I 
continue with Visual studio 6.0 with which I can develop programs that 
work on all Windows systems.

Anyway, even I am not familiar with the use of namespace, I think it is 
a standard C++ feature so why should this be dependent on the compiler 
version?

Le 27/09/2010 00:38, OvermindDL1 a écrit :
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Olivier Bertrand<bertrandop_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>>   Using this tutorial I tried to build the first sample with Windows Visual
>> C++ 6.0.
>>
>> All seems correct in the settings, but the compilation failed with the
>> following messages:
>>
>> --------------------Configuration: Sample - Win32 Debug--------------------
>> Compiling...
>> Lambda.cpp
>> c:\boost_1_44\boost\config\suffix.hpp(588) : error C2039: 'typeinfo' : is
>> not a member of '`global namespace''
>> c:\boost_1_44\boost\config\suffix.hpp(588) : error C2873: 'typeinfo' :
>> symbol cannot be used in a using-declaration
>> c:\boost_1_44\boost\mpl\aux_\yes_no.hpp(56) : fatal error C1506:
>> unrecoverable block scoping error
>> Error executing cl.exe.
>>
>> Sample.exe - 3 error(s), 0 warning(s)
>>
>> The second sample gave me similar errors.
>>
>> I need help to be able to use the Boost libs...
> visual C++ 6.0 is inching toward 13 years old, there is not much
> nowadays that supports it, and I know many Boost sublibraries do not
> (although some still do), however, MPL I doubt is one that does due to
> its heavy template usage and VS6's lack of proper template support
> (although it 'might', anyone want to chime in?).  You might try going
> back to an older Boost version, maybe 1.33 or so, when VC6 was still
> somewhat used.
>
> Personally, I would highly recommend at least downloading the free
> Visual Studio 2010 (or 2008) Express version to get upgraded to
> something more modern.
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