Upgrading from boost 1.38 to 1.39 causes my call to boost::algorithm::split not to compile

Question

Hello all :)

I was using Boost 1.38, and I just upgraded to 1.39. Upgrading broke the following bit of code:

std::vector<std::wstring> consoleParser::loadStringsFromFile(const std::wstring &fileName)
{
    std::vector<std::wstring> files;
    std::wstring fileString(loadFileAsString(fileName));
    boost::algorithm::split(files, fileString, boost::is_any_of(L"\r\n'\"")); //Error on this line
    return files;
}

Any ideas on what's causing the failure? My compiler helpfully emits the following:

c:\boost\boost\utility\addressof.hpp(30) : error C2220: warning treated as error - no 'object' file generated
        c:\boost\boost\utility\addressof.hpp(56) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::detail::addr_impl_ref<T>' being compiled
        with
        [
            T=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>
        ]
        c:\boost\boost\function\function_template.hpp(600) : see reference to function template instantiation 'T *boost::addressof<FunctionObj>(T &)' being compiled
        with
        [
            T=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>,
            FunctionObj=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>
        ]
        c:\boost\boost\function\function_template.hpp(491) : see reference to function template instantiation 'bool boost::detail::function::basic_vtable2<R,T0,T1>::assign_to<F>(FunctionObj,boost::detail::function::function_buffer &,boost::detail::function::function_obj_tag)' being compiled
        with
        [
            R=boost::iterator_range<std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>>,
            T0=std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>,
            T1=std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>,
            F=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>,
            FunctionObj=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>
        ]
        c:\boost\boost\function\function_template.hpp(906) : see reference to function template instantiation 'bool boost::detail::function::basic_vtable2<R,T0,T1>::assign_to<Functor>(F,boost::detail::function::function_buffer &)' being compiled
        with
        [
            R=boost::iterator_range<std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>>,
            T0=std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>,
            T1=std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>,
            Functor=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>,
            F=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>
        ]
        c:\boost\boost\function\function_template.hpp(720) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void boost::function2<R,T0,T1>::assign_to<Functor>(Functor)' being compiled
        with
        [
            R=boost::iterator_range<std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>>,
            T0=std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>,
            T1=std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>,
            Functor=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>
        ]
        c:\boost\boost\algorithm\string\detail\find_iterator.hpp(51) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::function2<R,T0,T1>::function2<FinderT>(Functor,int)' being compiled
        with
        [
            R=boost::iterator_range<std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>>,
            T0=std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>,
            T1=std::_String_iterator<wchar_t,std::char_traits<wchar_t>,std::allocator<wchar_t>>,
            FinderT=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>,
            Functor=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>
        ]
        c:\boost\boost\algorithm\string\find_iterator.hpp(261) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::algorithm::detail::find_iterator_base<IteratorT>::find_iterator_base<FinderT>(FinderT,int)' being compiled
        with
        [
            IteratorT=input_iterator_type,
            FinderT=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>
        ]
        c:\boost\boost\algorithm\string\iter_find.hpp(167) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::algorithm::split_iterator<IteratorT>::split_iterator<FinderT>(IteratorT,IteratorT,FinderT)' being compiled
        with
        [
            IteratorT=input_iterator_type,
            FinderT=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>
        ]
        c:\boost\boost\algorithm\string\split.hpp(149) : see reference to function template instantiation 'SequenceSequenceT &boost::algorithm::iter_split<SequenceSequenceT,RangeT,boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<PredicateT>>(SequenceSequenceT &,RangeT &,FinderT)' being compiled
        with
        [
            SequenceSequenceT=std::vector<std::wstring>,
            RangeT=std::wstring,
            PredicateT=boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>,
            FinderT=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>
        ]
        c:\documents and settings\user\my documents\visual studio 2008\projects\pevfind\pevfind\consoleparser.cpp(1529) : see reference to function template instantiation 'SequenceSequenceT &boost::algorithm::split<std::vector<_Ty>,std::wstring,boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<CharT>>(SequenceSequenceT &,RangeT &,PredicateT,boost::algorithm::token_compress_mode_type)' being compiled
        with
        [
            SequenceSequenceT=std::vector<std::wstring>,
            _Ty=std::wstring,
            CharT=wchar_t,
            RangeT=std::wstring,
            PredicateT=boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>
        ]
c:\boost\boost\utility\addressof.hpp(30) : warning C4512: 'boost::detail::addr_impl_ref<T>' : assignment operator could not be generated
        with
        [
            T=boost::algorithm::detail::token_finderF<boost::algorithm::detail::is_any_ofF<wchar_t>>
        ]

Answer 1

If I switch to warning level 4 and set treat warnings as errors mine breaks too. Try changing those settings.

Answer 2

Your compile failed because there's a new warning being emitted (boost::detail::addr_impl_ref<T>' : assignment operator could not be generated), and your settings are set to treat warnings as errors. Judging from this and this, it's indeed an issue with Boost 1.39.0 and VS2008.

The latter link provides a patch that fixes the issue. It should be fixed in Boost 1.40.0.

The alternative would be to disable the "treat warnings as errors" flag temporarily.

Answer 3

I really don't like "treat warnings as errors" for this kind of reason, but you can just do:

#pragma warning (disable:4512)

above any #include line for addressof.hpp.