RE: any_cast and Koenig lookup (was: Boosting boost)

From: Kevlin Henney (kevlin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-18 12:07:15

>   From: "Jim.Hyslop" <jim.hyslop_at_[hidden]>
>The compiler I use doesn't support Koenig lookup, so I blush to admit it's
>one of those things I haven't bothered learning all the details about (I
>know the general idea, of course). My original code sample qualified the use
>of any_cast, but Kevlin assured me Koenig lookup should work.

Alas, I believe now that my assurance was ill founded :-( Apologies for
that, but I believe that Peter's reading is indeed correct and my
(lowered) expectations with respect compiler conformance were incorrect.

Kevlin
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