Error compiling in release mode but not in debug mode

Question

When I compile on VS 2008 in deubg mode everything works fine. When I compile the same thing in release mode not everything works. As far as I can tell the include directories are the same and there are no additional preprocessor symbols.

Any help?

1>zlib.cpp 1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\xutility(419) : error C2664: 'CryptoPP::AllocatorWithCleanup::AllocatorWithCleanup(const CryptoPP::AllocatorWithCleanup &)' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'CryptoPP::AllocatorWithCleanup' to 'const CryptoPP::AllocatorWithCleanup &' 1> with 1> [ 1>
T=std::_Aux_cont 1> ] 1>
and 1> [ 1>
T=CryptoPP::HuffmanDecoder::CodeInfo 1> ] 1> and 1> [ 1> T=std::_Aux_cont 1>
] 1> Reason: cannot convert from 'CryptoPP::AllocatorWithCleanup' to 'const CryptoPP::AllocatorWithCleanup' 1> with 1> [ 1>
T=CryptoPP::HuffmanDecoder::CodeInfo 1> ] 1> and 1> [ 1> T=std::_Aux_cont 1>
] 1> No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called 1> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\xutility(417) : while compiling class template member function 'std::_Container_base_aux_alloc_real<_Alloc>::_Container_base_aux_alloc_real(_Alloc)' 1> with 1> [ 1>
_Alloc=CryptoPP::AllocatorWithCleanup 1> ] 1> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\vector(421) : see reference to class template instantiation 'std::_Container_base_aux_alloc_real<_Alloc>' being compiled 1> with 1>
[ 1>
_Alloc=CryptoPP::AllocatorWithCleanup 1> ] 1> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\include\vector(439) : see reference to class template instantiation 'std::_Vector_val<_Ty,_Alloc>' being compiled 1> with 1> [ 1> _Ty=CryptoPP::HuffmanDecoder::CodeInfo, 1>
_Alloc=CryptoPP::AllocatorWithCleanup 1> ] 1>
C:\myproject\sshlib\zinflate.h(79) : see reference to class template instantiation 'std::vector<_Ty,_Ax>' being compiled 1> with 1>
[ 1>
_Ty=CryptoPP::HuffmanDecoder::CodeInfo, 1>
_Ax=CryptoPP::AllocatorWithCleanup 1> ] 1>zinflate.cpp

The line of code it eventually points to is:

std::vector<CodeInfo, AllocatorWithCleanup<CodeInfo> > m_codeToValue;

Edit: More info:

I get this error exactly when my preprocessor contains NDEBUG instead of _DEBUG. If I change my release config to have _DEBUG isntead it compiles. Why?

Looks like a const-ness problem with the allocator parameter on your vector. Do you have more code? — Steve Townsend
#defining _DEBUG basically switches the build to debug mode. The custom allocator strategy of the Microsoft STL is different in debug mode, and is not affected by the bug. See the Nabble link in my answer below. — Frédéric Hamidi

Frédéric Hamidi Frédéric Hamidi · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-07T19:13:25

It's a bug in the Visual C++ compiler. See http://old.nabble.com/-jira--Created:-%28QPID-1458%29-C%2B%2B-common-compile-error-in-VC9-Release-mode-td20469700.html.

You can work around it by disabling checked iterators:

#define _SECURE_SCL 0

But be warned: if you link against a third-party library that was compiled with _SECURE_SCL enabled, like e.g. boost, memory corruption can (and will) occur.

Error compiling in release mode but not in debug mode

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