[boost] Re: auto_ptr "generic ancestor" idea - template specialisation of operator~

From: Kevin Atkinson (kevinatk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-29 00:22:37

On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Dave Abrahams wrote:

> on 3/28/00 5:17 AM, Ian Bruntlett at Ian.Bruntlett_at_[hidden] wrote:
> 
> > Can someone help with template specialisation of operator~()
> > Source code is at the bottom of the message.
> 
> Just what exactly do you expect this to do? operator~() has nothing to do
> with destruction: it's the unary operator which is used to invert the bits
> of integral types. Am I missing something?

I think he is confusing operator~ with the destructor.  The destructor is
~ClassName not ClassName::operator~.

Am I correct?

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Kevin Atkinson
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