Re: [boost] C++0x question

From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-17 20:50:58

Marco Costalba wrote:

> And it doesn't work with implicit conversions: what if you pass a
> const char* "test" as argument for a std::string ? It would be
> erroneusly rejected ?

Use the is_convertible type_traits to know whether your type is 
convertible to the requested argument type.

> Moreover I'm not sure it is valid for the general case of ill formed
> template expressions due to run-time variables values.

In C++, you can't call a type-specific operator or member if you don't 
know the type of the variable at compile-time.
So I really don't understand what you mean.