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From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-10 11:36:50


Isaac Dupree wrote:
> I'm looking at all these "operator unspecified_bool_type"s in Boost.
> They vary:
>
> It's hard to get all of these right, and various Boost libraries have
> made changes in the past that got it wrong:
> type-safety
> compiler workarounds
> zero runtime overhead (a.k.a. more compiler workarounds)

At some time, there was a safe-bool thingy in Boost.Operators, but it
was removed.
I honestly do not know why.


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