Re: [boost] [smart_ptr/static_pointer_cast] Trying to make ADL useful in my boost libraries

From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-14 15:20:12

> This means that g++ doesn't do ADL for static_pointer_cast<int>. There's an 
> issue about it by Gabriel Dos Reis:
> 
> http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/cwg_active.html#485
> 
> but it's still open and contains no further notes, so it isn't clear whether 
> g++ is right or not. 

Too late... I've already posted in c.s.c++ ;-) Not being an expert, I 
think that gcc approach is quite limiting. If gcc's approach is 
considered correct, I think that we would need to invent a mechanism to 
make pointer casts compatible with ADL.

Thanks for the help,

Ion