Re: [boost] MSVC, STLport, and allocators

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-06-22 20:16:47

On Friday 22 June 2001 06:21, you wrote:
> Constructs like that one can be made to work with MSVC, although
> occasionally you have to break them up, e.g.:
>
> typedef Allocator::template rebind<T> rebind;
> typedef typename rebind::other t_allocator_type;
>
> -Dave

Doesn't work :(

Take a very simple test program:

template<typename Allocator, typename T>
struct foo {
  typedef Allocator::template rebind<T> new_alloc; // #1
  typedef typename new_alloc::other allocator_type;
};

MSVC tries to look up "rebind" for some reason, and chokes. So I try to fake 
a rebind, assuming it will fix things later:

template<typename T> struct rebind { struct other {}; };

Now I get an internal compiler error at the line marked #1.

All this occurs before it's even tried to instantiate anything :(

        Doug