[boost] Re: Name lookup and abs(rational)

From: Alan Griffiths (alan_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-12-21 15:04:27

In message <199912210309.WAA23583_at_[hidden]>, Dave Abrahams
<abrahams_at_[hidden]> writes
>Speaking of friends, you could use the Barton & Nackmann trick if partial
>ordering doesn't work in MSVC (does it?):

Partial ordering (and partial specialisation generally) is a complete
mystery to MSVC.  (The B&N trick does fail in some circumstances - but
name lookup is so broken it is hard to find techniques that never fail.) 

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