Re: [boost] [typeof] Weird VC++ compiler bug

Subject: Re: [boost] [typeof] Weird VC++ compiler bug
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-23 11:44:18

Steven Watanabe wrote:
> On 05/23/2015 07:45 AM, Edward Diener wrote:
...
> > But whatever... Microsoft has a well-known system in place by which they 
> > decide that known bugs should not be fixed if they don't think it is 
> > important enough to do so.

A bit unfair, methinks. They do what everyone does - try to strike a balance 
between adding features, fixing bugs and not breaking too much code.

> You can't blame microsoft too much for this particular problem, since the 
> "native" typeof implementation of msvc relies on a compiler bug.

Why doesn't Typeof use decltype on VS 2013?