Re: vector<string> warning

From:
"Doug Harrison [MVP]" <dsh@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.stl
Date:
Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:57:09 -0600
Message-ID:
<4a3cl2hr8bcnc4evl4pmpt8i6260rdf555@4ax.com>
On 11 Nov 2006 03:16:52 -0800, "Markus" <der_weise_riese@web.de> wrote:

Hi,

there are 4 warnings when compiling the following code under VC++ 6:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    vector<string> data;
    return 0;
}


The compiler says: "identifier was truncated to '255' characters in the
debug information"
I do not think that this is a serious problem but I would like to get
rid of these warning. If I include

#pragma warning(disable:4786)

there are still 2 warnings.
Is there a possibility to limit the maximum size of a string or
anything else to disable these warnings?


If possible, upgrade to a newer version of the compiler. MS does produce
some limited free versions known as "Express Editions". If you must stay
with VC6, you will have to use the #pragma in multiple places, because it
tends to be ignored. See also this KB search:

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query=c4786

--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP

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