Re: [boost] make_pair/call traits

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-09 15:54:56

At 01:20 PM 11/9/2001, Vladimir Prus wrote:

 >Beman Dawes wrote:
 >>  >std::make_pair("a", "b") does not work. call traits allows to write
 >>  >make_pair version that will work, and even contains such thing as
 >>  >an example. Shouldn't it go to the tuple library?
 >>
 >> Be a bit cautious; std::make_pair has changed in a Defect Report to 
pass
 >by
 >> value.  See 
http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/lwg-defects.html#181
 >>
 >> The whole point is to make std::make_pair("a", "b") work.
 >
 >Thanks for the information. However, there will be a long time before 
this
 >change will make its way into the standard. Shall we wait?

Well, the Technical Corrigendum which contains that DR was finalized some 
time ago.  The fix is so simple, I would expect many vendors to include it 
in their next release, if they haven't done so already.

--Beman