[boost] Re: is_convertible for intel 7.1 and 8.0

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-19 04:26:43

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> At 03:59 AM 11/18/2003, David Abrahams wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >Do we need a different test?  Was this added for intel/Linux?
>
> No, Win32. It was odd, IIRC, in that the change caused
> is_convertible_test to fail, but without the change perhaps a
> half-dozen other tests failed.
>
> I think I mentioned it at the time, but don't remember getting any
> responses.
>

I'd like to know more about what was failing without it, because the
patch is breaking code which I need to work.

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Dave Abrahams
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