Using Boost.Json lib in Visual Studio 2013 - c++

Question

I have been trying to use new Boost.Json lib that was launched in the latest version of boost 1.75.0. For testing purposes I created an empty VS project and added one file and tried to build it. I added the directory in the project's additional include directory. This is what my source file looks like:
#include <boost\json.hpp>
void main(){
return;
}
When I compile this I get following error:
Error 8 error C1903: unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation
C:\Libraries\boost_1_75_0\boost\json\detail\config.hpp 311 1 Project1
Error 5 error C2065: 'T' : undeclared identifier
C:\Libraries\boost_1_75_0\boost\json\detail\config.hpp 311 1 Project1
Error 7 error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before
'boost::json::detail::static_const<T>::value'
C:\Libraries\boost_1_75_0\boost\json\detail\config.hpp 311 1 Project1
Error 2 error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'T'
C:\Libraries\boost_1_75_0\boost\json\detail\config.hpp 308 1 Project1
Error 4 error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'T'
C:\Libraries\boost_1_75_0\boost\json\detail\config.hpp 311 1 Project1
Error 6 error C2923: 'boost::json::detail::static_const' : 'T' is not a valid template type
argument for parameter 'T' C:\Libraries\boost_1_75_0\boost\json\detail\config.hpp 311 1 Project1
Error 1 error C3646: 'noexcept' : unknown override specifier
C:\Libraries\boost_1_75_0\boost\json\detail\config.hpp 292 1 Project1
Error 3 error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
C:\Libraries\boost_1_75_0\boost\json\detail\config.hpp 308 1 Project1
Just to verify if I included the boost lib right, I wrote another code
#include <boost\property_tree\json_parser.hpp>
void main(){
return;
}
and it compiled fine. The reason I want to use json lib instead of property trees is because I want to retain the data type of the json objects whereas trees parse everything in string. Any help will be really appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

Boost.JSON is not tested to compile with Visual Studio 2013. I doubt that it could ever work, as that version of the IDE and compiler does not support C++11 sufficiently for the library.