Re: [boost] Boost.Fiber review January 6-15

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Fiber review January 6-15
From: Rob Stewart (robertstewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-11 21:45:55

On Jan 11, 2014, at 11:33 AM, Nat Goodspeed <nat_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Rob Stewart <robertstewart_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 11, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Nat Goodspeed <nat_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> 
>>> the bad case is when class X and class Y provide operator bool. A coder inadvertently writes:
>>> 
>>> if (myXinstance == myYinstance) ...
> 
>> That isn't an issue when the conversion operator is explicit, which Vicente suggested.
> 
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/248167

I understand that Oliver was trying for C++03 compatibility, but Vicente suggested an explicit conversion operator, and Oliver apparently didn't understand that. Furthermore, I think Vicente suggested conditional compilation to use the C++11 feature when available.

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Rob

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