[boost] Re: MSVC template weirdness, was Questions

From: Gavin Collings (gcollings_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-21 08:03:59

"greg colvin" <gcolvi-_at_[hidden]> wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/boost/?start=2639

> The library group was rather surprised when the core group
> informed us that the language would not generate default
> versions from member template versions.

So was I.  I suppose it might help sort out ambiguity in the case where
multiple member template constructors could potentially generate a copy
constructor, but that doesn't seem insurmountable - just use the normal
template function selection rules and take the most specialized.  All I
could find in D+E and C++ PL was the comment "Curiously enough, a
template constructor is never used to generate a copy constructor". 
What was the rationale behind this?

Gavin