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

From: Alan Griffiths (alan_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-12-22 14:46:24

In message <199912220417.XAA24050_at_[hidden]>, Dave Abrahams
<abrahams_at_[hidden]> writes
>> 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.)
>
>Please be explicit. What makes the B&N trick fail under MSVC?

I wish I knew so that I could avoid doing it!  It is one of those things
where a technique seems to work until incorporated into a production app
and then the compiler goes into a sulk.  Cutting the pre-processed code
down just leaves me more confused.
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