id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 1898 Compilation Error in Any Test Charles Brockman nasonov "While compiling ''any_test.cpp'' in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (Version 8) as a Windows console application, I received the following error: c:\boost svn\trunk\libs\any\test.hpp(281) : error C2872: 'exception' : ambiguous symbol[[BR]] could be 'c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\exception(95) : std::exception'[[BR]] or 'c:\boost svn\trunk\boost\exception\exception.hpp(47) : boost::exception' I changed line 281 from {{{ catch(const exception & caught) }}} to {{{ catch(const std::exception & caught) }}} The compilation and linking was successful. If ''std::'' is correct, that part should be added to any_test.cpp. " Bugs closed Boost 1.36.0 any Boost Development Trunk Problem fixed