The failure on this test is caused by CW8's inability to do a function_template -> function_pointer -> template_type translation automatically. The workaround is to help it along by introducing a cast for the function_template -> function_pointer translation: =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/boost/boost/libs/assign/test/list_inserter.cpp,v retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.2 list_inserter.cpp --- list_inserter.cpp 21 Jul 2004 11:36:10 -0000 1.2 +++ list_inserter.cpp 24 Jul 2004 15:44:55 -0000 @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ using namespace boost::assign; vector<int> v; - make_list_inserter( &function_ptr<int> )( 5 ),3; + make_list_inserter( (void (*)(int))&function_ptr<int> )( 5 ),3; make_list_inserter( functor() )( 4 ),2; make_list_inserter( bind( &vector<int>::push_back, &v, _1 ) )( 6 ),4; BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( v.size(), 2u ); =================================================================== That makes this test pass for CW8, and vc7.1, and mingw. -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com - 102708583/icq