`replace_all` in VC++ 7.1 doesn't work from 1.55 onwards in some circumstances.

[billw2012]

Example code below, errors below that. Hopefully this isn't user error, I'm trying to upgrade some existing code, but I am stuck with this compiler.

The code compiles up to and including 1.55, and, if I uncomment the commented parts of the code, it will compile again from 1.58 onwards.

Compile command: cl.exe test.cpp /Fo"test.obj" /GR /MD /Gy /W3 /EHsc /Gd /Gm- /arch:SSE2 /Zm200 /I"Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003/include" /nologo /Z7 /O2 /Oy /Oi /G7 /c /I"boost_1_55_0"

Code

#include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>

void test()
{
    //typedef boost::range_iterator<std::string, void>::type itr;

    //itr begin, end;
    //typedef boost::iterator_range< boost::range_iterator<std::string, void>::type > result_type;

    //result_type range(begin, end);

    std::string vec, search, format;
    boost::replace_all(vec, search, format);
}

Output from 1.72

test.cpp
boost_1_72_0\boost\range\mutable_iterator.hpp(37) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'type'
        boost_1_72_0\boost\range\mutable_iterator.hpp(43) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::range_detail::extract_iterator<C>' being compiled
        with
        [
            C=boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\range\mutable_iterator.hpp(72) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::range_detail::range_mutable_iterator<C>' being compiled
        with
        [
            C=boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\range\has_range_iterator.hpp(27) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::range_mutable_iterator<C,Enabler>' being compiled
        with
        [
            C=boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type,
            Enabler=void
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\range\has_range_iterator.hpp(27) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::range_detail::has_type_impl_<T>' being compiled
        with
        [
            T=boost::range_mutable_iterator<boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type,void>
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\mpl\eval_if.hpp(41) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::range_detail::has_type<T,fallback_>' being compiled
        with
        [
            T=boost::range_mutable_iterator<boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type,void>,
            fallback_=boost::mpl::bool_<false>
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\range\has_range_iterator.hpp(73) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::mpl::eval_if<C,F1,F2>' being compiled
        with
        [
            C=boost::is_const<boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type>,
            F1=boost::range_detail::has_type<boost::range_const_iterator<boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type,void>,boost::mpl::bool_<false>>,
            F2=boost::range_detail::has_type<boost::range_mutable_iterator<boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type,void>,boost::mpl::bool_<false>>
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\range\has_range_iterator.hpp(73) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::range_detail::has_range_iterator_impl<T>' being compiled
        with
        [
            T=boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\mpl\if.hpp(63) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::has_range_iterator<T>' being compiled
        with
        [
            T=boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\mpl\eval_if.hpp(40) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::mpl::if_<T1,T2,T3>' being compiled
        with
        [
            T1=boost::has_range_iterator<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>,
            T2=boost::range_iterator<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>,
            T3=boost::mpl::identity<void>
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\range\iterator_range_core.hpp(452) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::mpl::eval_if<C,F1,F2>' being compiled
        with
        [
            C=boost::has_range_iterator<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>,
            F1=boost::range_iterator<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>,
            F2=boost::mpl::identity<void>
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\mpl\aux_\preprocessed\plain\and.hpp(25) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::iterator_range<IteratorT>::is_compatible_range_<Source>' being compiled
        with
        [
            IteratorT=boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type,
            Source=boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\mpl\aux_\preprocessed\plain\and.hpp(55) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::mpl::aux::and_impl<C_,T1,T2,T3,T4>' being compiled
        with
        [
            C_=true,
            T1=boost::iterator_range<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::is_compatible_range_<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>,
            T2=boost::mpl::true_,
            T3=boost::mpl::true_,
            T4=boost::mpl::true_
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\range\iterator_range_core.hpp(469) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::mpl::and_<T1,T2>' being compiled
        with
        [
            T1=boost::mpl::not_<boost::is_convertible<boost::range_iterator<boost::iterator_range<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>>::type,boost::iterator_range_detail::iterator_range_base<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type,boost::iterators::incrementable_traversal_tag>::iterator>>,
            T2=boost::iterator_range<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::is_compatible_range_<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\core\enable_if.hpp(41) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::iterator_range<IteratorT>::is_compatible_range<Source>' being compiled
        with
        [
            IteratorT=boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type,
            Source=boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\algorithm\string\detail\finder.hpp(68) : see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::enable_if<Cond,T>' being compiled
        with
        [
            Cond=boost::iterator_range<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::is_compatible_range<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>,
            T=void
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\algorithm\string\find_format.hpp(272) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::iterator_range<IteratorT> boost::algorithm::detail::first_finderF<SearchIteratorT,PredicateT>::operator ()<boost::range_iterator<C,Enabler>::type>(ForwardIteratorT,ForwardIteratorT) const' being compiled
        with
        [
            IteratorT=boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type,
            SearchIteratorT=std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::const_iterator,
            PredicateT=boost::algorithm::is_equal,
            C=std::string,
            Enabler=void,
            ForwardIteratorT=boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type
        ]
        boost_1_72_0\boost\algorithm\string\replace.hpp(655) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void boost::algorithm::find_format_all<SequenceT,boost::algorithm::detail::first_finderF<SearchIteratorT,PredicateT>,boost::algorithm::detail::const_formatF<RangeT>>(SequenceT &,FinderT,FormatterT)' being compiled
        with
        [
            SequenceT=std::string,
            SearchIteratorT=std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::const_iterator,
            PredicateT=boost::algorithm::is_equal,
            RangeT=boost::iterator_range<boost::algorithm::detail::first_finderF<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::const_iterator,boost::algorithm::is_equal>::search_iterator_type>,
            FinderT=boost::algorithm::detail::first_finderF<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::const_iterator,boost::algorithm::is_equal>,
            FormatterT=boost::algorithm::detail::const_formatF<boost::iterator_range<boost::algorithm::detail::first_finderF<std::basic_string<char,std::char_traits<char>,std::allocator<char>>::const_iterator,boost::algorithm::is_equal>::search_iterator_type>>
        ]
        C:/Users\billw\Documents\GitHub\Caveman2Cosmos\boost_test\test.cpp(13) : see reference to function template instantiation 'void boost::algorithm::replace_all<std::string,std::string,std::string>(SequenceT &,const Range1T &,const Range2T &)' being compiled
        with
        [
            SequenceT=std::string,
            Range1T=std::string,
            Range2T=std::string
        ]
boost_1_72_0\boost\range\mutable_iterator.hpp(37) : error C3254: 'boost::range_detail::extract_iterator<C>' : class contains explicit override '__ctor' but does not derive from an interface that contains the function declaration
        with
        [
            C=boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type
        ]
boost_1_72_0\boost\range\mutable_iterator.hpp(37) : error C2838: '__ctor' : illegal qualified name in member declaration
boost_1_72_0\boost\range\mutable_iterator.hpp(37) : error C2461: 'boost::range_detail::extract_iterator<C>' : constructor syntax missing formal parameters
        with
        [
            C=boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type
        ]
boost_1_72_0\boost\range\mutable_iterator.hpp(37) : error C2501: 'boost::range_detail::extract_iterator<C>::type' : missing storage-class or type specifiers
        with
        [
            C=boost::remove_reference<boost::range_iterator<std::string,void>::type>::type
        ]

[mclow]

In Boost 1.56.0, (summer of 2014) we removed a bunch of checks for very old MS compilers. Like this: https://github.com/boostorg/algorithm/commit/28b12d72643c3159fd61ac679920fda09a181a31