Re: [boost] compilers <typeinfo> and possible new config macro

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-02 09:14:59

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [boost] compilers <typeinfo> and possible new config macro

> From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> > It turns out that the Intel compiler has the same (mis)behavior as MSVC
in
> > that std::typeid()returns different objects for T, T const, T const
> > volatile, T const&, etc.
>
> MSVC 7.0 strips cv qualifiers but not references.

Jason told me it was still broken, but not in quite that way ;-)
He says it's fixed for 7.1

-Dave