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From: Daniel Frey (daniel.frey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-17 09:12:21


Peter Dimov wrote:
>
> Daniel Frey wrote:
> >
> > I think we should consider to define what should not work and what
> > should not. If we want add_const to reject types that cannot be made
> > const, we should also consider to make references not compile.
>
> The definition of what should work in this case is simple:
> "add_const<T>::type" is equivalent to "T const". "T const" is equivalent to
> T when T is a reference type, see 8.3.2/1.

Ah, I missed that, thanks. I think the documentation should repeat this
and not rely on the user to know the standard's exact wording :)

Regards, Daniel

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