I just tried to compile this code : http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_43_0/libs/property_tree/examples/debug_setti... It fails too. Is it a compiler bug? Main.cpp d:\sdk\boost\boost_1_43_0\include\boost-1_43\boost\property_tree\detail\ptree_implementation.hpp(30): error C2440: 'specialization' : cannot convert from 'const std::string std::_Pair_base<_Ty1,_Ty2>::* ' to 'const std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax> std::pair<_Ty1,_Ty2>::* ' with [ _Ty1=const std::string, _Ty2=boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<std::string,std::string> ] and [ _Elem=char, _Traits=std::char_traits<char>, _Ax=std::allocator<char>, _Ty1=const std::string, _Ty2=boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<std::string,std::string> ] Standard conversion from pointer-to-member of base to pointer-to-member of derived is not applied for template arguments d:\sdk\boost\boost_1_43_0\include\boost-1_43\boost\property_tree\detail\ptree_implementation.hpp(159) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<Key,Data>::subs' being compiled with [ Key=std::string, Data=std::string ] d:\sdk\boost\boost_1_43_0\include\boost-1_43\boost\property_tree\detail\ptree_implementation.hpp(159) : while compiling class template member function 'boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<Key,Data>::basic_ptree(void)' with [ Key=std::string, Data=std::string ] d:\tests\test_ptree_tutorial\test_ptree_tutorial\main.cpp(33) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<Key,Data>' being compiled with [ Key=std::string, Data=std::string ] On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 21:21, Klaim <mjklaim@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi! I'm trying to use boost::property_tree but can't compile this simple code on VC10 :

#include <string> #include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp> #include <boost/property_tree/info_parser.hpp>

const std::string CONFIG_FILE = "game.cfg";

int main() {        using namespace boost::property_tree;        ptree properties; // compilation error here

       //read_info( CONFIG_FILE, properties );

       return 0; }

The compilation log :

Main.cpp d:\sdk\boost\boost_1_43_0\include\boost-1_43\boost\property_tree\detail\ptree_implementation.hpp(30): error C2440: 'specialization' : cannot convert from 'const std::string std::_Pair_base<_Ty1,_Ty2>::* ' to 'const std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax> std::pair<_Ty1,_Ty2>::* '          with          [              _Ty1=const std::string,              _Ty2=boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<std::string,std::string>          ]          and          [              _Elem=char,              _Traits=std::char_traits<char>,              _Ax=std::allocator<char>,              _Ty1=const std::string,              _Ty2=boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<std::string,std::string>          ]          Standard conversion from pointer-to-member of base to pointer-to-member of derived is not applied for template arguments          d:\sdk\boost\boost_1_43_0\include\boost-1_43\boost\property_tree\detail\ptree_implementation.hpp(159) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<Key,Data>::subs' being compiled          with          [              Key=std::string,              Data=std::string          ]          d:\sdk\boost\boost_1_43_0\include\boost-1_43\boost\property_tree\detail\ptree_implementation.hpp(159) : while compiling class template member function 'boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<Key,Data>::basic_ptree(void)'          with          [              Key=std::string,              Data=std::string          ]          d:\tests\test_ptree\test_ptree\main.cpp(11) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<Key,Data>' being compiled          with          [              Key=std::string,              Data=std::string          ]

As I'm using a default ptree typedef that is already used in the tutorial, I think I might be doing something stupid but I can't find what. I tried that with boost 1.42 and 1.43, both failed. Any idea?

Thanks

Joël Lamotte