Hello, I tried to compile property_tree from cvs and got an compilation error regarding to xml_parser_read_rapidxml.hpp. I've had to change: doc.parse<parse_normalize_whitespace>(&v.front()); doc.parse<parse_normalize_whitespace | parse_comment_nodes>(&v.front()); To doc.template parse<parse_normalize_whitespace>(&v.front()); doc.template parse<parse_normalize_whitespace | parse_comment_nodes>(&v.front()); Regards, Oliver