Re: BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT question

From: deansturtevant_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-05-27 10:48:20

--- In boost_at_y..., Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_a...> wrote:
> This program works as expected with the GNU, Metrowerks, and 
Microsoft 
> compilers:
> 
> #include <iostream>
> #include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
> 
> template< typename T >
> void f( T & t )
> {
>    std::cout << sizeof(T) << "\n";
>    BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( sizeof(T) );  // line in question
> }
> 
> int main()
> {
>    long l;
>    f(l);
>    return 0;
> }
> 
Am I being overly pedantic when I say that the argument to an assert 
should be explicitly a boolean expression? i.e. - does
BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT( sizeof(T) != 0 );
have any problems?

- Dean