diff --git a/include/boost/assert.hpp b/include/boost/assert.hpp
index 3428efb..5619f29 100644
--- a/include/boost/assert.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/assert.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ void assertion_failed(char const * expr, char const * function, char const * fil
 #define BOOST_ASSERT(expr) ((expr)? ((void)0): ::boost::assertion_failed(#expr, BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION, __FILE__, __LINE__))
 
 #else
-# include <assert.h>
+# include <assert.h> // .h to support old libraries w/o <cassert> - effect is the same
 # define BOOST_ASSERT(expr) assert(expr)
 #endif
diff --git a/include/boost/detail/call_traits.hpp b/include/boost/detail/call_traits.hpp
index a2c2ba3..0d9e99f 100644
--- a/include/boost/detail/call_traits.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/detail/call_traits.hpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <boost/type_traits/is_arithmetic.hpp>
 #include <boost/type_traits/is_pointer.hpp>
+#include <boost/detail/workaround.hpp>
 
 namespace boost{
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ struct call_traits<T&>
    typedef T& param_type;  // hh removed const
 };
 
-#if defined(__BORLANDC__) && (__BORLANDC__ <= 0x560)
+#if BOOST_WORKAROUND( __BORLANDC__,  BOOST_TESTED_AT( 0x570 ) )
 // these are illegal specialisations; cv-qualifies applied to
 // references have no effect according to [8.3.2p1],
 // C++ Builder requires them though as it treats cv-qualified
diff --git a/include/boost/detail/compressed_pair.hpp b/include/boost/detail/compressed_pair.hpp
index af1e9bd..c45d20c 100644
--- a/include/boost/detail/compressed_pair.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/detail/compressed_pair.hpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ namespace details
 
    template <class T1, class T2>
    class compressed_pair_imp<T1, T2, 1>
-      : private T1
+      : private ::boost::remove_cv<T1>::type
    {
    public:
       typedef T1                                                 first_type;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ namespace details
 
    template <class T1, class T2>
    class compressed_pair_imp<T1, T2, 2>
-      : private T2
+      : private ::boost::remove_cv<T2>::type
    {
    public:
       typedef T1                                                 first_type;
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ namespace details
 
    template <class T1, class T2>
    class compressed_pair_imp<T1, T2, 3>
-      : private T1,
-        private T2
+      : private ::boost::remove_cv<T1>::type,
+        private ::boost::remove_cv<T2>::type
    {
    public:
       typedef T1                                                 first_type;
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ namespace details
    //      but reuses T1 base class for both first() and second().
    template <class T1, class T2>
    class compressed_pair_imp<T1, T2, 4>
-      : private T1
+      : private ::boost::remove_cv<T1>::type
    {
    public:
       typedef T1                                                 first_type;
@@ -430,5 +430,3 @@ swap(compressed_pair<T1, T2>& x, compressed_pair<T1, T2>& y)
 
 #endif // BOOST_DETAIL_COMPRESSED_PAIR_HPP
 
-
-
diff --git a/include/boost/utility/addressof.hpp b/include/boost/utility/addressof.hpp
index 603ea60..7629488 100644
--- a/include/boost/utility/addressof.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/utility/addressof.hpp
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 
 # include <boost/config.hpp>
 # include <boost/detail/workaround.hpp>
-# if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, == 1300)
-#  include <boost/type_traits/add_pointer.hpp>
-# endif
 
 namespace boost {
 
@@ -23,7 +20,14 @@ namespace boost {
 
 // VC7 strips const from nested classes unless we add indirection here
 # if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, == 1300)
-template <typename T> typename add_pointer<T>::type
+
+template<class T> struct _addp
+{
+    typedef T * type;
+};
+    
+template <typename T> typename _addp<T>::type
+
 # else
 template <typename T> T*
 # endif
@@ -33,6 +37,22 @@ addressof(T& v)
        &const_cast<char&>(reinterpret_cast<const volatile char &>(v)));
 }
 
+// Borland doesn't like casting an array reference to a char reference
+// but these overloads work around the problem.
+# if BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x564))
+template<typename T,std::size_t N>
+T (*addressof(T (&t)[N]))[N]
+{
+   return reinterpret_cast<T(*)[N]>(&t);
+}
+
+template<typename T,std::size_t N>
+const T (*addressof(const T (&t)[N]))[N]
+{
+   return reinterpret_cast<const T(*)[N]>(&t);
+}
+# endif
+
 }
 
 #endif // BOOST_UTILITY_ADDRESSOF_HPP