Re: [boost] Formal Review: Boost.Polygon starts today August 24, 2009

Subject: Re: [boost] Formal Review: Boost.Polygon starts today August 24, 2009
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-29 20:15:43

Simonson, Lucanus J wrote:

> I almost forgot, there is actually a better answer to your question.  The operators in the operators namespace are an optional feature of the library.  You can instead use the polygon_set_data objects to perform explicit conversions and use the member operators of the polygon_set_data classes.
> 
>  polygon_set_data<int>(some_polygon) | polygon_set_data<int>(some_rectangle);
> 
> Since operator| is in this case a member function it is found first though ADL.

Except this is going to copy some_polygon and some_rectangle to 
initialize the polygon_set_data, right?