[boost] type_traits::is_polymorphic

From: Richard Smith (richard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-14 10:36:49

Is there any chance that the virtual function 
boost::detail::is_polymorphic_imp1<T>::d2::foo defined in 
boost/type_traits/is_polymorphic.hpp could be renamed to 
have a name less likely to cause conflicts?

I appreciate that the unique struct prevents this function 
from overriding any virtual functions in the base class, but 
it still has the potential to hide base class functions, 
which, at suitable warning levels in many compilers, causes 
a lengthy warning to be emitted.

Although foo is unlikely to be a common function name in 
production code (well, good production code, anyway), it is 
the sort of name that is frequently found within unit tests 
and so forth.  (For example, the name ``foo'' is used 2657 
times in the gcc testsuite.)

Cheers,
Richard Smith