boost::split – warning C4996: ‘std::copy::_Unchecked_iterators::_Deprecate’: Call to ‘std::copy’ with parameters that may be unsafe

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If you’re using the very handy boost::split() on Visual Studio, then you may run into the following annoying warning:

warning C4996: ‘std::copy::_Unchecked_iterators::_Deprecate’: Call to ‘std::copy’ with parameters that may be unsafe – this call relies on the caller to check that the passed values are correct. To disable this warning, use -D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS. See documentation on how to use Visual C++ ‘Checked Iterators’

It’s a big warning that rightly litters the compiler’s output!!

Everything’s OK, it’s just VS whinging about std::copy() being called with pointers. As the warning mentions, you can disable the warnings by defining _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS, its probably best to define it only for the affected files and not your whole project however!

Another way is to explicitly instruct that warning 4996 be ignored in the code like this:

//
// Suppress annoying warning for boost:split()
//
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400 
#pragma warning(push) 
#pragma warning(disable:4996) 
#endif 
#include 
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400 
#pragma warning(pop) 
//

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