Re: [boost] possible conflict with new mpl

From: Pavol Droba (droba_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-07 15:07:53

On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 04:31:00PM +0300, Peter Dimov wrote:
> Pavol Droba wrote:
> >
> >I might be wrong, but this error was not there before the change of
> >the mpl. If you have a look into the code, the errors are shown at
> >std::distance<> with explicit type specification. I assumed, that
> >there migh be a conflict with mpl::distance.
> 
> This is a compiler bug. Once a class template named distance<> has been 
> introduced at any context, the VC6/7 parser interprets distance< as 
> referring to a class template. This is part of the "implicit typename" 
> heuristic. 
> 

I see, thanks for explanation. So then mpl is not buggy. Is my workaround correct?

Regards,

Pavol