Re: [boost] [typeof][scope_exit] VS2017 and option /permissive-

Subject: Re: [boost] [typeof][scope_exit] VS2017 and option /permissive-
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-04-15 14:23:15

Daniela Engert wrote:

> Thanks for this suggestion, Peter, I was thinking along the same lines as 
> well. But for a start, I rather went for the low-risk path affecting only 
> one compiler. During my experiments to find a fix for my problem I noticed 
> that the decltype-based implemention required a template type alias to 
> work thoughout all Boost libraries. Otherwise the compiler would complain 
> about either a missing 'typename' keyword or a superfluous one.

Interesting. I didn't think of that but you're right. This is probably the 
reason qualifiers are stripped via a helper function and not with a type 
trait in the original implementation.