Re: [boost] [guidelines] why template errors suck

Subject: Re: [boost] [guidelines] why template errors suck
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-28 13:27:51

At Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:21:55 -0400 (EDT),
Jeremiah Willcock wrote:
> 
> > is_convertible<decltype(f != l), bool>::value
> > is_convertible<decltype(p(*f)), bool>::value
> 
> These can be written as "normal" valid expressions:
> 
> bool(f != l)
> bool(p(*f))

Isn't bool(x) equivalent to (bool)x?  I think that's valid code for
any x.

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