[boost] What should be called? [was: BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL fails...]

From: Stefan Slapeta (stefan_nospam__at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-28 05:27:54

Sorry for the repost, but there was no answer to this 
(http://tinyurl.com/3yba8) and I'm still not sure if it is a compiler or 
a boost defect.

Which f should be called here?

void f(const char*)
{
        std::cout << "function called!" << std::endl;
}

template <typename T>
void f(const T&)
{
        std::cout << "function template called!" << std::endl;
}

int main()
{
        char buf[10] = { 0 };
        f(buf);
}

In my opinion, it should be the function template (which whould also 
mean that EDG works correctly and VC 7.1 not) as "f(char[10])" is no 
exact match for the function.
However, this would also mean that there is a defect in boost.test (see 
link above).

br, Stefan

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