15 May
                
                    2006
                
            
            
                15 May
                
                '06
                
            
            
            
        
    
                8 p.m.
            
        John Maddock wrote:
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, yes it should work as you suggest, and does with gcc-3.4.4, but not with VC7.1 or VC8. I don't really have a fix either, so suggestions welcome :-)
An update: using the broken-compiler workarounds for no partial-specialisation in is_pointer fixes some of the issues, but causes others :-( John.