Re: help with Borland build break

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-29 14:07:59

"Eric Niebler" <eric_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Eric Niebler wrote:
>
>> 
>> That's too complicated for such a simple thing. I could just add my own 
>> overloads of boost::std_min and boost::std_max for unsigned int. I don't 
>> even have to limit their existence to the Borland toolset. I'll check 
>> it in ASAP to unwedge the Borland build.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>
> I meant "unsigned long" instead of "unsigned int".
>
> OK, I've checked in the fix. I limited the fix to the Borland toolset 
> after all. If someone with Borland installed can run a quick sanity 
> check, that'd be great.

Urrrh, your "std_min" function makes an unqualified call to min,
right? How can you know whether the invoked function is going to
return a value or a reference?

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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