Re: [boost] [variant]compile-time-checked boost::get<T>?

Subject: Re: [boost] [variant]compile-time-checked boost::get<T>?
From: Arno Schödl (aschoedl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-11 04:11:15

>>> Actually, it should work with all types that are convertible from any 
>>> of the types of the variant.
>>>
>>
>>    Would it work for a type that is convertible from two or more of 
>> the types of the variant?
> It had better not compile in that case, unless one of the types is a 
> better match
> than the rest.

I think that making this work would actually be desirable. For example, it would allow storing a base class together its derived class in the same variant.

Arno

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