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From: Daniel Frey (daniel.frey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-09 08:57:52
David Abrahams wrote:
> The following program fails to compile on every version of GCC I can
> find:
>
> foo.cpp:21: instantiated from `boost::is_convertible<foo<const
> int*>, foo<int*> >' foo.cpp:21: instantiated from here foo.cpp:15:
> invalid conversion from `const int* const' to `int*'
>
> All other compilers I can find accept it. It looks as though
> is_convertible is looking beyond the declarations of functions into
> their definitions. Commenting out the implementation of foo's
> templated constructor makes it compile!
Just a quick guess: The template cannot be used as a copy ctor, at least
this is what the standard says. It seems to me that the GCC is
generating a copy ctor and than using it instead of the template ctor.
Maybe it is even right to do so :) I currently don't have time to
play with it, but maybe it helps you to find out some more...
Regards, Daniel
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