Re: [boost] Interested? Simplify usage of std::rel_ops

From: Kevin Spinar (spinarkm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-18 21:07:20

On 7/17/06, David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Christopher Eltschka <celtschk_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> > David Abrahams schrieb:
> >> Christopher Eltschka <celtschk_at_[hidden]> writes:
> >>
> >> std::rel_ops is absolutely useless.
> >>
> >
> > Why?
>
> Because ADL will never find the operators for any type.

The idea is that you use 'using namespace std::rel_ops;' but then
you're giving operator!=, >, <=, and >= to all classes in scope
(which, arguably, is not as bad thing).

Kevin Spinar