id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 4105 Const issue in split_std_deque_policy.hpp taylor_goodhart@… Hartmut Kaiser "When trying to compile the example code given on the Spirit web site here: http://boost-spirit.com/dl_more/parsing_tracking_position/stream_iterator_errorposition_parsing.cpp I ran into a ""cannot convert from 'const char' to 'char &'"" error when compiling under VS 2010 Express. The error occurred in split_std_dequeue_policy.hpp:69, and the following line fixes the problem: return const_cast< MultiPass::reference >( MultiPass::template get_input( mp ) ); However using const_cast usually indicates a deeper flaw, so I'm not sure this is an acceptable long term fix." Bugs closed Boost 1.43.0 spirit Boost 1.42.0 Problem fixed