Re: [boost] [program_options] patch to clear Borland regressions

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-18 07:50:10

John Maddock wrote:

> The following patch clears the failures with the Borland compiler for the 
> program options lib.  Is this OK to commit or was there a specific reason 
> why those functions were declared outside the class body?  It shouldn't make 
> any difference either which way, but you never know :-)

No idea about the functionality of the patch, but you seem to have killed a 
special comment indicator.

[snip]

> -        template<class T> const T& as() const;
> -
> -        /** @overload */
-----------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> -        template<class T> T& as();
> +       template<class T>
> +       const T& as() const {
> +           return boost::any_cast<const T&>(v);
> +       }
> +       // overload:
> +       template<class T>
> +       T& as() {
> +           return boost::any_cast<T&>(v);
> +       }

[snip]

Markus