Re: [boost] Cast free NULLs in algorithms

From: Andrey Semashev (andysem_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-01 14:54:50

Hello Eric,

Wednesday, August 1, 2007, 10:32:04 PM, you wrote:

> Andrey Semashev wrote:
>> Hello Chris,
>> 
>> Tuesday, July 31, 2007, 10:22:51 PM, you wrote:
>> 
>>> This was a proposed library implementation of nullptr for c++0x from
>>> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1601.pdf
>> 
>> Hmm, it seems it doesn't convert to function or member function
>> pointers...

> It can't because of limitations of the syntax for defining conversion
> operators. See the discussion for core issue #395:

> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/cwg_active.html#395

But if nullptr is a built in keyword and its decltype is supported by
the compiler itself, there would be no need to describe it in C++
syntax.

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Best regards,
 Andrey                            mailto:andysem_at_[hidden]