RE: [boost] function and BOOST_NO_DEPENDENT_BASE_LOOKUP

From: jeff_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-06-27 17:15:23

> > I believe that Foo::operator= will never be considered because its name is
> > hidden by Bar::operator=.
> >
> > -Brad
>
> I can't believe I missed that... It appears that the 'thin wrapper' approach
> of 'function' is becoming very, very fat.
>
> 	Doug

It's easy to miss this, since compilers like g++ and MSVC don't give any sort of
indication that base method is hidden.  I recently created a hiding bug and we
only uncovered it after a port to the Solaris compiler which pointed it out the
hidden method with a warning....

Jeff