[boost] boost/detail/ob_type_traits.hpp

From: John Maddock (John_Maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-01-27 06:46:47

>I've been digging through the type_traits package to find how various
>hacks were done to support compilers like MSVC++, and I noticed a
>simplification that could be made to the library.  The is_const struct
>uses a static member in order to get a pointer of the appropriate type to
>pass to its helper function.  This could be done with a cast of a null
>pointer instead:

Thanks, however, note that that implementation will not compile if T is a
reference type...

- John Maddock
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