Re: [Boost-users] [Variant] stream output of ICU UnicodeString

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Variant] stream output of ICU UnicodeString
From: Gordon Woodhull (gordon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-10 14:52:03

On Oct 10, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Mostafa <mostafa_working_away_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hmmm ... It seems the issue isn't with the placement of the calling code in global namespace or not, but with the funny rule that unqualified name lookup does not go beyond some ancestor scope if any possible match is found in said ancestor.

I see, thanks. That is funny, but consistent. So it could find it in the global namespace, but not reliably, which is why you must rely on ADL instead.