RE: [boost] any -> void*

From: Gary Powell (Gary.Powell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-07 14:32:31

> I have to say that I feel pretty strongly that any should lose
> this conversion.  It allows comparisons of anys and IMHO that is
> a very Bad Thing.
> 
> We can avoid this unhappy situation if we just remove the void* 
> conversion and replace it with a function to test emptiness.
> 
I agree. The test for emptiness shouldn't be a conversion. Besides it fits
the STL model of having a member function "bool empty() const"

  Yours,
 -gary-

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