some platform compatibility fixes: now able to build on MSVC again

src/serialization/binary_or_text.cpp

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ void write_possibly_compressed(std::ostream &out, config &cfg, bool compress)
 config_writer::config_writer(
 	std::ostream &out, bool compress, const std::string &textdomain) :
 		filter_(),
-		out_(compress ? filter_ : out), 
+		out_ptr_(compress ? &filter_ : &out), //ternary indirection creates a temporary
+		out_(*out_ptr_), //now MSVC will allow binding to the reference member
 		compress_(compress), 
 		level_(0), 
 		textdomain_(textdomain)

src/serialization/binary_or_text.hpp

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	boost::iostreams::filtering_stream<boost::iostreams::output> filter_;
-
+	std::ostream *out_ptr_;
 	std::ostream &out_;
 	bool compress_;
 	unsigned int level_;

src/wml_exception.cpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 //! @file wml_exeption.cpp
 //! Implementation for wml_exeption.hpp.
 
+#include "global.hpp"
 #include "wml_exception.hpp"
 
 #include "display.hpp"

src/wml_exception.hpp

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ class display;
 //!
 //! @param cond         The condition to test, if false and exception is generated.
 //! @param message      The translatable message to show at the user.
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+ #if _MSC_VER < 1300
+  #define __FUNCTION__ "(Unspecified)"
+ #endif
+#endif
 #define WML_ASSERT(cond, message) if(!(cond)) wml_exception(#cond, __FILE__, __LINE__, __FUNCTION__, message)
 
 //! Helper function, don't call this directly.