Re: [boost] type_traits documentation bug?

From: Nathan Myers (ncm-yahoospam_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-01 19:56:35

David Abrahams wrote:
> ... is_compound is implemented thus:
> 
> template <typename T> struct is_compound
> {
>    BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(bool, value =
>       (::boost::type_traits::ice_or<
>          ::boost::is_array<T>::value,
>          ::boost::is_pointer<T>::value,
>          ::boost::is_reference<T>::value,
>          ::boost::is_class<T>::value,
>          ::boost::is_union<T>::value,
>          ::boost::is_enum<T>::value,
>          ::boost::is_member_pointer<T>::value
>       >::value));
> };

Apologies if this is a dead horse, but what makes an enumeration a 
compound type?  Being convertible to and from int makes it seem pretty 
scalar to me.

Nathan Myers
ncm at cantrip dot org