Re: [Boost-users] [non Boost] Template troubles.

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [non Boost] Template troubles.
From: Noah Roberts (roberts.noah_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-10 12:15:03

Robert Jones wrote:
> Ok, first off, this is not explicitly about Boost, which I know is 
> against the
> Boost guidelines, but I hope you'll all forgive me. Indirectly it is 
> through trying
> to use Boost that i've bumped into this.
> 
> A little code snippet...
> 
> #include <cstddef>
> 
> template < typename T, std :: size_t sz >
>   struct Block
> {
>   typedef T type[ sz ][ sz ];
> };
> 
> template < typename T >
>   void assign( T & assignee, const T & value );
> 
> template < typename T, std :: size_t sz >
>   void assign( T ( & assignee )[ sz ], const T ( & value )[ sz ] );
> 
> int main( )
> {
>   Block< int, 16 > :: type a;
>   const Block< int, 16 > :: type b = { };
> 
>   assign( a, b );
> }
> 
> This compiles under Gcc & Comeau, but MS VisStudio reckons the call
> to assign in main is ambiguous. Any thoughts?

Try comp.lang.c++ - I'd be very interested in the answer.