[boost] Re: Specialisation (Was: Any good reason not to have == for shared_ptr?)

From: Valentin Bonnard (Bonnard.V_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-11-10 12:27:54

Bill Klein wrote:

> >If operator== were defined in the boost library as a non-member
> >template, then you could specialize it for your particular type
> >to give it the semantics you want when you need them.  Would that
> >satisfy your concerns?
> 
> Yes, I think that sounds like a good compromise. Is
> there any disadvantage to doing it this way?

I am very VERY strongly opposed to any specialization 
which breaks semantics (example: vector<bool>). 

Specialization should be used to refine semantics or 
optimise (same for overloading, which could be viewed 
as another form of specialisation).

-- 
Valentin Bonnard