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[Fernando Cacciola <>]

Hi Joe,

> Hi, all
>
> I noticed that all CGAL examples in VC++ have the project setting : 
> _SECURE_SCL=0. I wonder if this is a must for CGAL. In my Visual Studio 
> solution, I have other non-CGAL projects using default _SECURE_SCL=1. In 
> Debug mode, everything runs well. But in Release mode, I got some STL 
> vector errors. Is it possible that the mix of _SECURE_SCL=0 and 
> _SECURE_SCL=1 for different projects in one sultion causes all the 
> trouble? 

Yes, it is precisely that.

> Is it safe to set _SECURE_SCL=1 for all CGAL-related projects?

Yes, it is...
Is just that it is then painfully slow. That's why it is turned off by 
default, but you can have it on sync with the rest of your projects.

HTH

Fernando Cacciola

www.geometryfactory.com