Visual Studio 6 maintained at 255-character limit on identifiers in its debug information. You'll see this warning with just about any usage of STL containers and non-simple data types. It's basically harmless... annoying, but harmless. Randy Bowen -----Original Message----- From: fejimush [mailto:greitz@tomotherapy.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 10:59 AM To: Boost-Users@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Boost-Users] Warnings compiling smart_ptr_test.cpp under MSVC++ 6.0 I am brand new to boost. I have been able to compile and link smart_ptr_test.cpp. I have also been able to successfully run the test without errors. Can anyone tell me why I am getting numerous warnings? (shown below) One more item, the warning takes me to c:\...\VC98\Include\UTILITY Is this a stl implentation problem? Thanks in advanced. ---------------Build Output----------------------- Compiling... smart_ptr_test.cpp c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\utility(25) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator > ::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::iterator' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\libs\smart_ptr\smart_ptr_test.cpp(198) : see reference to class template instantiation 'std::pair,std ::allocator >::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::iterator,bool>' being compiled c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\utility(25) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::iterator' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\libs\smart_ptr\smart_ptr_test.cpp(242) : see reference to class template instantiation 'std::pair,std::allocator >::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::iterator,bool>' being compiled c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\utility(21) : warning C4786: 'std::pair,std::set,std::allocator >::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator

::iterator,bool>::pair

d_ptr<int>,std::set,std::allo cator >::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::iterator,bool>' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\utility(21) : warning C4786: 'std::pair,std::allocator

::_Kfn,std::less

...

,std::allocator

::iterator,bool>::pair

ared_array<char>,std::set,std::allocator

>::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::iterator,bool>' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn ,std::less,std::allocator >::_Nil' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn ,std::less,std::allocator >::_Nilrefs' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::_Nilrefs' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn ,std::less,std::allocator >' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn ,std::less,std::allocator >::const_iterator' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn ,std::less,std::allocator >::iterator' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn ,std::less,std::allocator >::_Node' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn ,std::less,std::allocator >::_Redbl' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::const_iterator' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::iterator' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::_Tree,std::allocator >::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::_Redbl' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::pair,std::set,std::allocator >::_Kfn,std: :less

,std::allocator

...

...

::iterator,bool>' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information c:\boost_1_29_0\boost\checked_delete.hpp(28) : warning C4786: 'std::pair

rray<char>,std::set,std::allocator >::_Kfn,std::less,std::allocator >::iterator,bool>' : identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the debug information Linking... GRPostOffice.exe - 0 error(s), 17 warning(s) Info: http://www.boost.org Wiki: http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl Unsubscribe: mailto:boost-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]