gcc is being used; correct? If the problem is that -Wnarrowing should not be applied globally, then something called a 'pragma' can be used. A 'pragama' will help by telling gcc not to apply a particualar gcc option onto an included header. On the other hand, I would have hacked the BOOST source not knowing that PRAGMA itself could fix the problem. That gets annoying though every time there is a new source tar ball to hack. Also, https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/newticket can be used to leave bug reports to be read by moderators of the source. #pragma GCC diagnostic push #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wnarrowing " #include <boost/regex.hpp> #pragma GCC diagnostic pop -- Thank you Jason Regards, sadhilab@hypersurf.com

The first line compiles ok. The second also produces working EXE, but in addition I get this large error:

In file included from d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/regex_traits.hpp:35:0, from d:\boost/boost/regex/regex_traits.hpp:27, from d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/regex.hpp:39, from d:\boost/boost/regex.hpp:31, from test.cpp:4: d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/regex_traits_defaults.hpp: In instantiation of 'const charT* boost::re_detail::get_escape_R_string() [with charT = wchar_t]': d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp:804:54: required from 'bool boost::re_detail::basic_regex_parser<charT, traits>::parse_extended_escape() [with charT = wchar_t; traits = boost::regex_traits<wchar_t>]' d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp:308:36: required from 'bool boost::re_detail::basic_regex_parser<charT, traits>::parse_extended() [with charT = wchar_t; traits = boost::regex_traits<wchar_t>]' d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex_parser.hpp:134:10: required from 'void boost::re_detail::basic_regex_parser<charT, traits>::parse(const charT*, const charT*, unsigned int) [with charT = wchar_t; traits = boost::regex_traits<wchar_t>]' d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex.hpp:215:7: required from 'void boost::re_detail::basic_regex_implementation<charT, traits>::assign(const charT*, const charT*, boost::re_detail::basic_regex_implementation<charT, traits>::flag_type) [with charT = wchar_t; traits = boost::regex_traits<wchar_t>; boost::re_detail::basic_regex_implementation<charT, traits>::flag_type = unsigned int]' d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex.hpp:661:4: required from 'boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>& boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::do_assign(const charT*, const charT*, boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::flag_type) [with charT = wchar_t; traits = boost::regex_traits<wchar_t>; boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::flag_type = unsigned int]' d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex.hpp:382:33: required from 'boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>& boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::assign(const charT*, const charT*, boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::flag_type) [with charT = wchar_t; traits = boost::regex_traits<wchar_t>; boost::basic_regex<charT, traits> = boost::basic_regex<wchar_t, boost::regex_traits<wchar_t> >; boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::flag_type = unsigned int]' d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex.hpp:367:48: required from 'boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>& boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::assign(const charT*, boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::flag_type) [with charT = wchar_t; traits = boost::regex_traits<wchar_t>; boost::basic_regex<charT, traits> = boost::basic_regex<wchar_t, boost::regex_traits<wchar_t> >; boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::flag_type = unsigned int]' d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/basic_regex.hpp:336:7: required from 'boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::basic_regex(const charT*, boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::flag_type) [with charT = wchar_t; traits = boost::regex_traits<wchar_t>; boost::basic_regex<charT, traits>::flag_type = unsigned int]' test.cpp:15:37: required from here d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/regex_traits_defaults.hpp:329:73: warning: narrowing conversion of ''\37777777605'' from 'char' to 'const wchar_t' inside { } [-Wnarrowing] d:\boost/boost/regex/v4/regex_traits_defaults.hpp:331:64: warning: narrowing conversion of ''\37777777605'' from 'char' to 'const wchar_t' inside { } [-Wnarrowing]

( and I know that this is the bug: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7263 )

Do different issue - that relates to warnings generated by PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER over which we have no control.

so, any tricks to get around this (some compiler switches?, I dunno) ? Or can I just ignore this error ? (Yes I need regex matching on wide strings.)

Just committed this patch for this: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/82662 HTH, John.