AMDG I just tried to compile the following #include <boost/exception_ptr.hpp> void f() {} msvc 10 complains, 1>c:\boost\trunk\boost\smart_ptr\detail\sp_convertible.hpp(48): error C2660: 'f' : function does not take 1 arguments 1> c:\boost\trunk\boost\smart_ptr\detail\sp_convertible.hpp(66) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::detail::sp_convertible<Y,T>' being compiled 1> with 1> [ 1> Y=error_info_tag_t, 1> T=boost::exception_detail::error_info_base 1> ] 1> c:\boost\trunk\boost\exception\info.hpp(171) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::detail::sp_enable_if_convertible<Y,T>' being compiled 1> with 1> [ 1> Y=error_info_tag_t, 1> T=boost::exception_detail::error_info_base 1> ] 1> c:\boost\trunk\boost\exception\info.hpp(188) : see reference to function template instantiation 'const E &boost::exception_detail::set_info<E,boost::tag_original_exception_type,const type_info*>(const E &,const boost::error_info<Tag,T> &)' being compiled 1> with 1> [ 1> E=boost::unknown_exception, 1> Tag=boost::tag_original_exception_type, 1> T=const type_info * 1> ] 1> c:\boost\trunk\boost\exception\detail\exception_ptr.hpp(132) : see reference to function template instantiation 'const boost::unknown_exception &boost::operator <<<boost::unknown_exception,boost::tag_original_exception_type,const type_info*>(const E &,const boost::error_info<Tag,T> &)' being compiled 1> with 1> [ 1> E=boost::unknown_exception, 1> Tag=boost::tag_original_exception_type, 1> T=const type_info * 1> ] 1> c:\boost\trunk\boost\exception\detail\exception_ptr.hpp(111) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void boost::unknown_exception::add_original_type<std::exception>(const E &)' being compiled 1> with 1> [ 1> E=std::exception 1> ] This appears to be because type_info is defined in the global namespace, so ADL for boost::error_info<boost::tag_original_exception_type, const type_info *> picks up the global f. I don't have a fix for this yet. In Christ, Steven Watanabe