Boost Small Container chokes MSVC+NVCC CUDA 9.1

[kandel3@…]

I wanted to file a bug to a problem I had a year ago that seems to be present in newer version of boost (​https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42308279/is-boosts-small-vector-compatible-with-nvcc-8)

Basically nvcc chokes when you include small_vector

Steps to reproduce

1. One line program in kernel.cu

#include <boost/container/small_vector.hpp> look ma, no main

2. Build with typical settings, on my machine:

1>------ Build started: Project: boost_test, Configuration: Debug x64 ------ 1> Compiling CUDA source file kernel.cu... 1> 1> C:\Users\Misha\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\boost_test\boost_test>"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.1\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_30,code=\"sm_30,compute_30\" --use-local-env --cl-version 2015 -ccbin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64" -x cu -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.1\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.1\include" -G --keep-dir x64\Debug -maxrregcount=0 --machine 64 --compile -cudart static -g -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -D_DEBUG -D_CONSOLE -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MDd " -o x64\Debug\kernel.cu.obj "C:\Users\Misha\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\boost_test\boost_test\kernel.cu" 1> kernel.cu 1>C:\Boost\include\boost-1_66\boost/container/small_vector.hpp(484): error C2332: 'struct': missing tag name 1> C:\Boost\include\boost-1_66\boost/container/small_vector.hpp(608): note: see reference to class template instantiation 'boost::container::small_vector<T,N,Allocator>' being compiled 1>C:\Boost\include\boost-1_66\boost/container/small_vector.hpp(484): warning C4346: 'boost::container::vector<T,boost::container::small_vector_allocator<Allocator>>::initial_capacity_t': dependent name is not a type 1> C:\Boost\include\boost-1_66\boost/container/small_vector.hpp(484): note: prefix with 'typename' to indicate a type 1>C:\Boost\include\boost-1_66\boost/container/small_vector.hpp(484): error C3646: 'initial_capacity_t': unknown override specifier 1>C:\Boost\include\boost-1_66\boost/container/small_vector.hpp(484): error C3254: 'boost::container::small_vector<T,N,Allocator>': class contains explicit override 'initial_capacity_t' but does not derive from an interface that contains the function declaration 1>C:\Boost\include\boost-1_66\boost/container/small_vector.hpp(484): error C2838: 'initial_capacity_t': illegal qualified name in member declaration 1>c:\users\misha\appdata\local\temp\tmpxft_0000af9c_00000000-6_kernel.cudafe1.stub.c(2): warning C4103: alignment changed after including header, may be due to missing #pragma pack(pop) 1>tmpxft_0000af9c_00000000-6_kernel.cudafe1.stub.c(1): warning C4103: alignment changed after including header, may be due to missing #pragma pack(pop) 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\BuildCustomizations\CUDA 9.1.targets(707,9): error MSB3721: The command ""C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.1\bin\nvcc.exe" -gencode=arch=compute_30,code=\"sm_30,compute_30\" --use-local-env --cl-version 2015 -ccbin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64" -x cu -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.1\include" -I"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v9.1\include" -G --keep-dir x64\Debug -maxrregcount=0 --machine 64 --compile -cudart static -g -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -D_DEBUG -D_CONSOLE -D_MBCS -Xcompiler "/EHsc /W3 /nologo /Od /FS /Zi /RTC1 /MDd " -o x64\Debug\kernel.cu.obj "C:\Users\Misha\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\boost_test\boost_test\kernel.cu"" exited with code 2. ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========