1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/base/secmem.h b/src/lib/base/secmem.h
index ff76e9429..a99132507 100644
--- a/src/lib/base/secmem.h
+++ b/src/lib/base/secmem.h
@@ -24,7 +24,16 @@ template<typename T>
 class secure_allocator
    {
    public:
+      /*
+      * Assert exists to prevent someone from doing something that will
+      * probably crash anyway (like secure_vector<non_POD_t> where ~non_POD_t
+      * deletes a member pointer which was zeroed before it ran).
+      * MSVC in debug mode uses non-integral proxy types in container types
+      * like std::vector, thus we disable the check there.
+      */
+#if !defined(_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL) || _ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL == 0
       static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "secure_allocator supports only integer types");
+#endif
 
       typedef T          value_type;