compiler error in boost/detail/winapi/crypt.hpp

[zimmermann@…]

compiler error in boost/detail/winapi/crypt.hpp in very special case using VS2012 (cl 11.0) for x64 build targeting Windows 2000

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#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500

#include <windows.h>

#include <boost/uuid/uuid.hpp>

#include <boost/uuid/uuid_generators.hpp>

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Results in:

Microsoft (R) C/C++-Optimierungscompiler Version 17.00.61030 for x64

...boost_1_60/boost/detail/winapi/crypt.hpp(102) : error C2733: 'CryptReleaseContext' : error C2733 second C linkage of overloaded function not allowed

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\include\um\wincrypt.h(1128): See declaration of 'CryptReleaseContext'

...boost_1_60/boost/uuid/seed_rng.hpp(115) : error C2668: 'CryptReleaseContext': ambiguous call to overloaded function

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\include\um\wincrypt.h(1128): could be 'BOOL CryptReleaseContext(HCRYPTPROV,ULONG_PTR)' ...boost_1_60/boost/detail/winapi/crypt.hpp(102): or "boost::detail::winapi::BOOL_ CryptReleaseContext(boost::detail::winapi::HCRYPTPROV_,boost::detail::winapi::DWORD_)"

[gjasny@…]

Filed ​winapi PR#37

[Andrey Semashev]

Should be fixed in ​https://github.com/boostorg/winapi/commit/d1ce3b2d3ff45f2958c43d0a8d4296995aca053d.