diff --git a/string/test/Jamfile b/string/test/Jamfile
index 4c7860c..9173388 100644
--- a/string/test/Jamfile
+++ b/string/test/Jamfile
@@ -16,56 +16,56 @@ import testing ;
 DEPENDS all : test ;
 
 {
-	test-suite string_algo
-		: [ run
-				container_test.cpp
-			  : :
-				:
-				: container
-			]
-		  [ run 
-				trim_test.cpp
-			  : :
-				:
-				: trim
-			]
-		  [ run 
-				conv_test.cpp
-			  : :
-				:
-				: conv
-			]
-		  [ run 
-				predicate_test.cpp
-			  : :
-				:
-				: predicate
-			]
-		  [ run 
-				find_test.cpp
-			  : :
-				:
-				: find
-			]
-		  [ run
-				split_test.cpp
-			  : :
-				:
-				: split
-			]
-		  [ run 
-				replace_test.cpp
-			  : :
-				:
-				: replace
-			]
-		  [ run 
-				regex_test.cpp
-				<lib>../../../regex/build/boost_regex
-			  : :
-				:   
-				: regex
-			]
-		;
+    test-suite string_algo
+        : [ run
+                container_test.cpp
+              : :
+                :
+                : container
+            ]
+          [ run 
+                trim_test.cpp
+              : :
+                :
+                : trim
+            ]
+          [ run 
+                conv_test.cpp
+              : :
+                :
+                : conv
+            ]
+          [ run 
+                predicate_test.cpp
+              : :
+                :
+                : predicate
+            ]
+          [ run 
+                find_test.cpp
+              : :
+                :
+                : find
+            ]
+          [ run
+                split_test.cpp
+              : :
+                :
+                : split
+            ]
+          [ run 
+                replace_test.cpp
+              : :
+                :
+                : replace
+            ]
+          [ run 
+                regex_test.cpp
+                <lib>../../../regex/build/boost_regex
+              : :
+                :   
+                : regex
+            ]
+        ;
 }
 
diff --git a/string/test/conv_test.cpp b/string/test/conv_test.cpp
index 2e6b489..852e8c0 100644
--- a/string/test/conv_test.cpp
+++ b/string/test/conv_test.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 #include <boost/test/included/test_exec_monitor.hpp>
 
 #include <string>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp>
 #include <boost/test/test_tools.hpp>
 
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@ void conv_test()
     string str1("AbCdEfG 123 xxxYYYzZzZ");
     string str2("AbCdEfG 123 xxxYYYzZzZ");
     string str3("");
-    char* pch1=strdup("AbCdEfG 123 xxxYYYzZzZ");
-    char* pch2=strdup("AbCdEfG 123 xxxYYYzZzZ");
+    const char pch[]="AbCdEfG 123 xxxYYYzZzZ";    
+    unsigned int pchlen=sizeof(pch);
+
+    char* pch1=new char[pchlen];
+    std::copy(pch, pch+pchlen, pch1);
+    char* pch2=new char[pchlen];
+    std::copy(pch, pch+pchlen, pch2);
 
     // *** iterator tests *** //
 
diff --git a/string/test/predicate_test.cpp b/string/test/predicate_test.cpp
index 378349a..644a53f 100644
--- a/string/test/predicate_test.cpp
+++ b/string/test/predicate_test.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void classification_test()
     TEST_CLASS( is_digit(), "1234567890", "abc" );
     TEST_CLASS( is_graph(), "123abc.,", "  \t" );
     TEST_CLASS( is_lower(), "abc", "Aasdf" );
-    TEST_CLASS( is_print(), "abs", "\nasdf" );
+    TEST_CLASS( is_print(), "abs", "\003\004asdf" );
     TEST_CLASS( is_punct(), ".,;\"", "abc" );
     TEST_CLASS( is_upper(), "ABC", "aBc" );
     TEST_CLASS( is_xdigit(), "ABC123", "XFD" );
diff --git a/string/test/replace_test.cpp b/string/test/replace_test.cpp
index 0877bca..85d9c55 100644
--- a/string/test/replace_test.cpp
+++ b/string/test/replace_test.cpp
@@ -53,21 +53,26 @@ void sequence_traits_test()
 // Combine tests for all variants of the algorithm
 #define TEST_ALGO( Algo, Input, Params, Output ) \
 {\
-    BOOST_CHECKPOINT( #Input );\
+    BOOST_CHECKPOINT( #Algo " - Copy" );\
 \
     string str1(Input);\
 \
     /* Copy test */ \
     BOOST_CHECK( Algo##_copy( str1, BOOST_PP_SEQ_ENUM( Params ) )==Output );\
 \
+    BOOST_CHECKPOINT( #Algo " - Iterator" );\
     /* Iterator test */\
     string strout;\
     Algo##_copy( back_inserter(strout), str1, BOOST_PP_SEQ_ENUM( Params ) );\
     BOOST_CHECK( strout==Output ); \
 \
     /* In-place test */\
+    BOOST_CHECKPOINT( #Algo " - Inplace(vector)" );\
     vector<char> vec1( str1.begin(), str1.end() );\
+\
+    BOOST_CHECKPOINT( #Algo " - Inplace(list)" );\
     list<char> list1( str1.begin(), str1.end() );\
+\
     Algo( str1, BOOST_PP_SEQ_ENUM( Params ) ); \
     BOOST_CHECK( equals( str1, Output ) );\
     Algo( vec1, BOOST_PP_SEQ_ENUM( Params ) ); \