Re: VC 2005 does not comiple when STL hear included

From:
"Tom Widmer [VC++ MVP]" <tom_usenet@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.stl
Date:
Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:54:02 +0100
Message-ID:
<OldhPUd0GHA.4956@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
amigo wrote:

I am having a very wierd problem which I can see only on my PC and yet don't
see on a second PC.

I have a default MFC project (dialog based) in VC 2005. When I just include
the vector header, it throws two errors:

1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\cstdio(38) : error
C2039: 'sscanf' : is not a member of '`global namespace''
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\vc\include\cstdio(38) : error
C2873: 'sscanf' : symbol cannot be used in a using-declaration

I get this just be #include <vector> to .cpp or .h file

Furthermore if I use sscanf_s function, (the new secure version), it still
says this too is depreciated!!!

warning C4996: 'sscanf_s' was declared deprecated

I reinstall VC 2005 couple of times but didn't help. I can compile same
project on another PC just fine but not mine. Both are running XP
Professional.

Did anyone ever see this problem?


You would get that from some messed up #defines. If you look in
<cstdio>, you'll see some code that depends on certain macros that could
be causing the problem you are seeing.

Tom

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