Re: [boost] [property_tree] Primitive types for data not supported?

Subject: Re: [boost] [property_tree] Primitive types for data not supported?
From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-25 13:40:01

On 25.09.2011 18:18, Boris Schaeling wrote:
> I just noticed that Boost.PropertyTree doesn't support primitive types 
> for data (Boost 1.47.0). For example, this doesn't compile:
>
> boost::property_tree::basic_ptree<std::string, int> pt, pt2;
> pt.swap(pt2);
>
> The reason is this code in 
> <http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/boost/property_tree/detail/ptree_implementation.hpp>:
>
> template<class K, class D, class C> inline
> void basic_ptree<K, D, C>::swap(basic_ptree<K, D, C> &rhs)
> {
>   m_data.swap(rhs.m_data);
>   // Void pointers, no ADL necessary
>   std::swap(m_children, rhs.m_children);
> }
>
> Primitive types like int obviously don't have a member function 
> swap(). Is this an oversight or are primitive types intentionally not 
> supported?
It's an oversight. Can you please file a bug?

Sebastian