Re: [Boost-users] BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT with intel compiler at class scope

From: Ben Hutchings (ben.hutchings_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-13 12:07:38

Thomas S. Urban wrote:
> The BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT documentation indicates I can use it at template
> class scope (private recommended) - the assert shouldn't get triggered
> unless the class is instantiated.  This seems to work ok with gcc-3.*
> but not with the intel compiler (8.1).
 >
> // begin example program
> #include "boost/static_assert.hpp"
> 
> template<class T> struct foo
> {
> 	foo (int) { }
> private:
> 	BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT (false);
> };
<snip>

There is a known problem with compilers that implement standard 
two-phase name resolution in templates.

See <http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg06980.php>.