C2977: 'std::tuple' : too many template arguments (MSVC11)

Question

I'm trying to build googletest with Visual C++ 11, but following code causes an error

template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4, typename T5,           typename T6, typename T7, typename T8, typename T9> void PrintTo(const ::std::tr1::tuple<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9>& t, // <-- error C2977              ::std::ostream* os) {   PrintTupleTo(t, os); } 

That's an error text:

f:\gtest-1.6.0\include\gtest\gtest-printers.h(550): error C2977: 'std::tuple' : too many template arguments   c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 11.0\vc\include\utility(72) : see declaration of 'std::tuple' 

And there is the line 72 of utility-file:

template<class = _Nil, _MAX_CLASS_LIST>    class tuple; // Line 72 

What is the problem with std::tuple and how to fix it?

(BTW: I'm tried unsuccessfully to change std::tr1::tuple to std::tuple )

Answer 1

Check out this entry in the msdn blog. VC++11 doesn't have support for variadic templates. They have something they call faux variadics. Scroll down and you will see a paragraph on Faux variadics that talks about tuples. On that paragraph they say the default maximum number of parameters is 5. You can increase it to 10:

You can define _VARIADIC_MAX project-wide between 5 and 10 inclusive (it defaults to 5). Increasing it will make the compiler consume more memory, and may require you to use the /Zm option to reserve more space for PCHes.

They say they have a fix incoming to make the default 10 again.