Re: [boost] BOOST_IS_CLASS in type traits redundant?

From: Vesa Karvonen (vesa.karvonen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-28 07:35:24

From: "John Maddock" <John_Maddock_at_[hidden]>
> >I noticed that the BOOST_IS_CLASS macro is not used anywhere in Boost.
> Should
> >it be removed?
>
> Don't know, it was intended as a hook that could be used to enable
> compiler-specific implementation of that feature - but I _think_ it's no
> longer needed by is_class anyway (as long as is_union etc works).

That is what I thought, too. Perhaps we need some core language expert to take
a look at the traits and tell us whether or not is_class is truly guaranteed
to work correctly as long as is_union, etc... work correctly.