Re: [boost] is_pointer Bug

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-10-17 17:33:47

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Jones" <jejones_at_[hidden]>

> It's clear that it's not an int. The question is whether we want to follow
> the letter of the standard or whether we decide that the standard is not a
> useful guide for these cases.

> I dunno about this. It seems to me that if you need to special case const
> types then you'll write code to do so using is_const and remove_const. If
> special casing isn't required it'd be nice to not have to muck around with
> remove_const.

Jesse's arguments are still ringing true for me over here in Somerville, MA.

geographic-ly y'rs,
dave