This simple test fails to compile on gcc-3.3.3. Any thoughts? #include <boost/collection_traits.hpp> #include <iostream> #include <iterator> #include <algorithm> using namespace std; int F (int size) { int a[size]; copy (boost::begin (a), boost::end (a), ostream_iterator<int> (cout, " ")); } g++ -o Test -g Test.cc -I /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0 /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/begin.hpp: In function ` const T* boost::collection_traits::begin(const T (&)[sz])': /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/begin.hpp:70: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/begin.hpp:70: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/begin.hpp: In function `T* boost::collection_traits::begin(T (&)[sz])': /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/begin.hpp:76: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/begin.hpp:76: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function Test.cc: In function `int F(int)': Test.cc:11: error: call of overloaded `begin(int[((size - 1) + 1)])' is ambiguous /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/begin.hpp:101: error: candidates are: wchar_t* boost::collection_traits::begin(wchar_t*) <near match> /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/begin.hpp:96: error: const wchar_t* boost::collection_traits::begin(const wchar_t*) <near match> /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/end.hpp: In function `const T* boost::collection_traits::end(const T (&)[sz])': /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/end.hpp:71: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/end.hpp:71: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/end.hpp: In function `T* boost::collection_traits::end(T (&)[sz])': /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/end.hpp:77: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/end.hpp:77: error: variable-size type declared outside of any function Test.cc: In function `int F(int)': Test.cc:11: error: call of overloaded `end(int[((size - 1) + 1)])' is ambiguous /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/end.hpp:101: error: candidates are: const wchar_t* boost::collection_traits::end(const wchar_t*) <near match> /usr/local/src/boost_1_31_0/boost/collection_traits/end.hpp:91: error: wchar_t* boost::collection_traits::end(wchar_t*) <near match>