this question also stems from compiler error generated in microsoft visual studio 2005 sp1 and microsof visual studio 2008.

It compiles fine under cygwin and mingw.

template <typename T>
bool boost::pseudoprime(const T& n, const T& k)
{
  typedef boost::operators<T> operatorT;
  BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(is_integral<T>::value || (is_base_of<operatorT, T>::value)); // mingw says its k, microsoft complains about it.  
  BOOST_ASSERT (n > T(2) && n % T(2) != 0);
  return modular_expo(k, n-1, n) != T(1) % n ? true : false;
}

Just trying to get a compiler work around.
 

On 9/26/07, chun ping wang <cablepuff@gmail.com> wrote:

what i want to do is if type "T" happens to be a integeral type or a class type that inherits from boost::operators than let the function compile otherwise a compile time error appears. Basically T is any integeral type or any class type that derives from boost::operators.

On 9/26/07, David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com > wrote:

on Wed Sep 26 2007, "chun ping wang" <cablepuff-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> template <typename T>
> bool boost::pseudoprime(const T& n, const T& k)
> {
>   typedef boost::operators<T> operatorT;
>   BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(is_integral<T>::value); // static assert 1.
>   BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT((is_base_of<operatorT, T>::value)); // static assert 2.
>   BOOST_ASSERT (n > T(2) && n % T(2) != 0);
>   return modular_expo(k, n-1, n) != T(1) % n ? true : false;
> }
>
> now in vistual studio 2005 sp1 and visual studio 2008 beta the part "is_base_of<operatorT,
> T>::value" does not work if T happens to be an int or long due to "error C2803: 'operator --'
> must have at least one formal parameter of class type". I want to use enable_if to enable the
> STATIC_ASSERT only if T is NOT an arithmetic type for static assert 2.

enable_if can't "enable static asserts" in any sense that I
understand.  What are you really trying to do?  Try to describe it
without mentioning enable_if or STATIC_ASSERT.  Just talk about the
behavior you want.

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