Re: [Boost-users] ADL comment in noncopyable

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-14 17:50:47

"Steven E. Harris" <seh_at_[hidden]> writes:

> me22 <me22.ca_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> Presumably if noncopyable were defined in namespace boost, then
>> function calls involving classes deriving from noncopyable would get
>> namespace boost added to the ADL scopes in which the function is
>> looked up.
>
> Even if the derivation is private, as it should be for such an
> implementation detail?

Yes.  Lookup and access rights are orthogonal in C++.

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