id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
704	format zero length string msvc-8	drjohnfoster	Samuel Krempp	"{{{
Since Microsoft have deprecated most of the standard 
library, their debug libraries also check for unsafe 
pointers. The following code gives an assertion:

(boost::format(""%s"") % """").str();

In debug mode, basic_string<char>::append(0, 0) 
called from mk_str in feed_args.hpp is tested by the 
macro _DEBUG_POINTER, and decides the pointer is 
invalid even though the count is 0.

I imagine this toxic behaviour is repeated in a 
number of places. It would be nice if the boost 
library could work around this problem at a low level.
}}}"	Bugs	closed	Boost 1.35.0	format	None	Problem	fixed