[boost] Re: is_convertible for intel 7.1 and 8.0

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-19 13:44:41

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:

> 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.

In other words, it's breaking more than just is_convertible_test:
is_convertible itself is effectively broken.

Specifically, I'd like to find another way to fix the other problems
which doesn't break is_convertible, but without more info it's pretty
hard to do.  Resolving the iterator library issues depends on this.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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