Re: [boost] Re: Question about interpretation of ISO C++ standard

From: John Max Skaller (skaller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-23 19:15:34

Jens Maurer wrote:
> 
> John Max Skaller wrote:
> 
> >         class X {
> >                 friend void nf() {}
> >                 void method();
> >         };
> 
> >         void X::method() { nf(); } // found
> 
> This appears to be incorrect.  nf() is not found, because
> it does not have any arguments, and thus Koenig lookup does
> not apply, therefore "nf" is looked up using ordinary
> lookup only.  And that does not find nf(), because it's
> not (visibly) declared yet.

        Point taken.
 
> >         When you start using templates all hell breaks loose.
> 
> I tend to disagree.

        I already posted such an example here, 
where in a simple pair of mutually linked data structures, 
the link pointers are replaced by a smart pointer, this
breaks g++ 2.95.3. That's hell for me, since while I
expect this trivial usage will work on EDG, I don't
have a library for it.

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