Re: [boost] g++ 2.95.3's STL breaks operator!=

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-09 11:08:35

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]>

> From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>

> The current ==, != operators compare get(); there wasn't a particularly
> strong reason to break backward compatibility by making them compare the
> count.

Considering that shared_ptr<> implicit upcasts now actually *work*, it seems
like a good idea to make comparisons work, too. I don't see how it's going
to break backwards compatibility, anyway. What am I missing?