Re: [boost] [type_erasure] Conflict with private member called data

Subject: Re: [boost] [type_erasure] Conflict with private member called data
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-07-20 17:17:44

AMDG

On 07/20/2016 03:08 PM, Nigel Pattinson wrote:
> 
> I'm running into a problem with the type erasure library when trying to
> declare a member called 'data', e.g.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> This conflicts with the private member variable called 'data' in the any
> class. SomeClass does compile, but attempting to call the data() does not
> compile due to the conflict, with the error message being 'cannot access
> private member ... ' .
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a limitation in the library or a compiler bug - I'm
> using Visual Studio 2015 Update 1. Using boost 1.57.0 at present, I could
> use a more recent version if that would help.
> 
> Does anyone know of a possible workaround ?
> 

  I tried to avoid this situation by mangling
private member names, but I obviously forgot
about this one (table too).

The simplest workaround until I fix this is to use
boost::type_erasure::call(has_data<void*()>(), x)
instead of x.data().

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe