Re: [boost] another is_convertible corner case

From: John Maddock (jm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-21 06:58:44

> By the same reasoning, is_convertible<void(), void(*)()> should evaluate
to
> true, since a function type is implicitly convertible to its pointer type.
> But given the current implementation (1.29.0),
> is_convertible<void(),void(*)()> doesn't compile.
>
> Opinions?  Is this just too nit-picky?

You're probably right, I guess we should convert non-object types to
references internally so that cases like this will actually compile.

John Maddock
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