Re: [boost] [typeof]Typeof with MinGW

From: Arkadiy Vertleyb (vertleyb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-24 09:48:57

"Giovanni Piero Deretta" <gpderetta_at_[hidden]> wrote

> This works though (at least with gcc 4.1.2):
>
>  #include <vector>
>
>  template<typename T>
>  struct identity {
>    typedef T type;
>  };
>
>  int main() {
>     std::vector<int> v;
>     typedef identity<typeof(v)>::type::iterator type;
>  }
>
> So BOOST_TYPEOF could include 'identity' in its expansion.

Working around the problem by _complicating_ the expression inside typeof is 
not a way I would go.  It then may fail in another contexts, where it didn't 
fail before.

This is clearly a compiler bug, and needs to be addressed by the compiler 
developers.

Regards,
Arkadiy