id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
3894	Trivial patch to fix compilation with Sun CC in alt stringstream	Vadim Zeitlin <vz-boost@…>	Samuel Krempp	"The following trivial patch fixes compilation of `boost/format/alt_sstream_impl.hpp` with Sun CC:
{{{
#!diff
--- a/boost/format/alt_sstream_impl.hpp        2007-11-20 12:40:28.000000000 +0100
+++ b/boost/format/alt_sstream_impl.hpp      2010-02-02 22:16:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
                     add_size /= 2;
                 if(0 < add_size) {
                     new_size += add_size;
-                    newptr = alloc_.allocate(new_size, is_allocated_? oldptr : 0);
+                    newptr = static_cast<Ch *>(alloc_.allocate(new_size, is_allocated_? oldptr : 0));
                 }

                 if(0 < prev_size)
}}}

I don't know why (as I don't know this code at all...) but `allocate()` returns `void *` and not `char *` in this STL implementation so it fails to compile without an explicit cast.

Maybe there is a better way to deal with this but I hope that if no other solution is found, this patch could be applied to allow to use Boost with Sun CC with its (old and broken...) standard library.

TIA!"	Patches	closed	Boost 1.44.0	format	Boost 1.42.0	Problem	fixed	suncc