From f49e5d0ad1771fbdd0b71444bc45a1013de6d28c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ion=20Gazta=C3=B1aga?= <igaztanaga@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 00:32:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #59

---
 doc/container.qbk                  | 1 +
 include/boost/container/string.hpp | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/container.qbk b/doc/container.qbk
index 55f21ec..4d232fa 100644
--- a/doc/container.qbk
+++ b/doc/container.qbk
@@ -1221,6 +1221,7 @@ use [*Boost.Container]? There are several reasons for that:
 * Fixed bugs:
    * [@https://github.com/boostorg/container/pull/54 GitHub #54: ['"no sbrk() in VxWorks, configure dlmalloc to use only mmap"]].
    * [@https://github.com/boostorg/container/issues/58 GitHub #58: ['"Comparing strings does not compile in gcc 7+ in C++17 mode"]].
+   * [@https://github.com/boostorg/container/issues/59 GitHub #59: ['"basic_string::npos is missing its definition"]].
 
 [endsect]
 
diff --git a/include/boost/container/string.hpp b/include/boost/container/string.hpp
index 51a8fe0..cba6325 100644
--- a/include/boost/container/string.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/container/string.hpp
@@ -2955,6 +2955,10 @@ wstring;
 
 #else
 
+template <class CharT, class Traits, class Allocator>
+const typename basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>::size_type
+   basic_string<CharT,Traits,Allocator>::npos;
+
 template<class S>
 struct is_string
 {