RE: [boost] Newbie question

From: Ostensen, Jarl (JOstensen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-21 09:46:49

Ok, so I found this in the standard;

        [12.8/2 note 4]

        Because a template constructor is never a copy constructor, the presence of such a template does not suppress the implicit 	declaration of a copy constructor.

I take it MSVC 7.1 is broken with regards to this then?

-=jarl

-----Original Message-----
From: Ostensen, Jarl 
Sent: 21 August 2003 11:28
To: Boost mailing list
Subject: [boost] Newbie question

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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