Re: [boost] [date_time] Constructor causes syntax error

From: Jonathan Wakely (cow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-11 10:52:59

Markus Sch?pflin wrote:

> Bart wrote:
> 
> > Yes, it is a typo. It should be an ampersand instead of an asterisk.
> > 
> >  date_generator_parser(const date_generator_parser<date_type,charT>& dgp)
> >  ------------------------------------------------------------------^
> > 
> > Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
> 
> It's present in the current RC as well.

Presumably it doesn't matter much, since the compiler will generate a
copy ctor with the right semantics, so the typo just introduces a
constructor that will only cause an error if it's instantiated, which is
fairly unlikely.

In fact, why is the copy ctor explicitly defined at all?

jon