John Harris <john.harris@tradingtechnologies.com> wrote:

Ben Hutchings wrote:

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I compiled almost the exact same code:

#include <boost/pool/pool_alloc.hpp> #include <map> #include <utility>

typedef std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, boost::pool_allocator<char> > t;

int main() { std::map<t, t, std::less<t>, boost::pool_allocator<std::pair<const t, t> > > m; }

with VC++ 7.0 and Boost 1.29, and got no warnings or errors at all.

Ah, yes, that works for me, too (no warning, either), but try adding a line of code that actually uses the map, like this:

m["abc"] = "def";

and you get the following cascade of errors: <snip>

Which all indicates that operator< is not defined for t, because we didn't include <string>. Let's not be so quick to blame the compiler. VC++ 7 is a long way ahead of version 6.