id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 1881 max() & min() macros are leaking from into entire project Denis Nesterov Anthony Williams "Macros max() & min() are leaking out of through boost/thread library, ruining every language construction with words ""max"" or ""min"". My solution was to define NOMINMAX before including every boost header. Problems began after upgrading boost from 1.34 to 1.35." Bugs closed Boost 1.36.0 thread Boost 1.35.0 Problem duplicate min max macros