Re: [boost] Loki SmartPtr study: Policy orthogonality issues

From: Andrei Alexandrescu (andrewalex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-14 11:44:43

> > Hmm, I guess in this particular case there's no harm in simply leaving
> > operator[] in there, even if you do provide a conversion to pointer. The
> > compiler will prefer it, which is a good thing because you have more
> > control.
>
> Sometimes having both operator[] and a conversion to a pointer creates
> ambiguities, depending on the type of the index.

You can provide operator[] for all integral types, or - simplest way - a
template.

Andrei

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