[boost] Re: Newbie question

From: Jason House (jhouse_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-21 09:27:52

I won't claim to be an expert, but I believe that the proper approach is 
template specialization...  A specialization is always taken over the 
generic templated function...

Ostensen, Jarl wrote:
> In the function library the function class, (in function_template.hpp), defines a templated 
> single-argument constructor and a copy-constructor. 
> How can the compiler ever pick the copy-constructor??
> 
> I have experimented with something like this using the VC 7.1 compiler, 
> and found that it consequently picks the templated ctor instead of the 
> copy ctor. Only by using an enable_if-construct was I able to make it do 
> what I wanted. (Unless it was explicit, of course.)
> Is this just an MSVC issue?
> 
> Please enlighten me.... 8)
> 
> -=jarl
> 
> p.s.
>  I have been looking at the latest boost libraries as obtained from CVS.
> 
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