Re: [boost] Copy Constructible Concept

From: Jeremy Siek (jsiek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-29 16:23:44

Hi Kevin,

That definition of Copy Constructible came straight from the C++ std, and
as a matter of fact, Doug Gregor voiced this same complaint to the C++ std
committee last week. If you care about this, talk to Doug and look into
posting a defect report.

Cheers,
Jeremy

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote:
Kevin.> Why are requirements about the address operator (&) included in
Kevin.> the CopyConstructible concept at
Kevin.> http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/CopyConstructible.html?  This
Kevin.> strikes me as an error of taxonomy, as there is no essential
Kevin.> reason why the two issues belong together.  There are many
Kevin.> algorithms that require one to be able to copy values, but don't
Kevin.> care about taking addresses, and we have boost::addressof()
Kevin.> anyway.

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