[boost] Re: [optional] new assignmet semantic and references

From: Joao Abecasis (jpabecasis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-01 11:59:35

Fernando Cacciola wrote:
> If I change the code now to use T's operator=(), assignment of optional<T&> 
> will have a _radically_ different semantics. A correct one, that's for sure, 
> but end user code might be fundamentally impacted.

Maybe boost::reference_wrapper can be used internally to wrap reference 
types and solve this issue.

Regards,

Joao