<div>What happens if you drop the ::type from is_same?</div><div><br></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">� � void read_data_24( typename enable_if< mpl::and_< mpl::true_,�mpl::bool_< is_same< T1, T2 ><b>::value</b> > > >::type* /* ptr */ = 0)</font></div> <div><br></div><div>(I don't have VS compiler so can't test - but dropping ::type from is_same still compiles fine on gcc 4.7.0 for me)</div>