Hi, The next piece of code fails with assertion when calling signals without any connections attached to it. <code> #include <boost/signal.hpp> void test_signaling() { ::boost::signal0<int> sig; /* Next call asserts in boost/last_value.hpp line 29 assert(first != last); */ sig(); } </code> This is due to usage of default Combiner boost::last_value<R>. The problem occures when using non-void return values in signals. I use boost version 1.30.0 but I didn't noticed any changes for this in version 1.31.0. Quick workaround is to use other Combiner as default, where this problem is removed. for example <code> ... last_value .... T operator()(InputIterator first, InputIterator last) const { if (first == last) return T(); ... </code> best regards, Ville Varis ville.varis@bonum.biz mail.bonum.biz