From: Daniel James (daniel_james_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-05 15:48:21
Robert Ramey wrote:
> Damn !!! - I made this change to address a problem whereby including
> just one header - version.hpp - failed for lack of basic traits. After
> making
> the changes, I restest the whole serialization libray - carpet bombing mode
> with no new problems - then I checked it in.
VC6 has problems with integer template arguments, but MPL has a nice
workaround. A while back, Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:
> non-type integer template
> parameters are generally "unsafe" on MSVC 6.x:
>
> namespace std {
> template< typename Char > struct string;
> }
>
> void foo(std::string<char>);
>
> template< int C > struct arg; // ICE here
>
> MPL avoids the problem internally by using the following
> workaround:
>
> #include <boost/mpl/aux_/nttp_decl.hpp>
>
> ...
>
> template< BOOST_MPL_AUX_NTTP_DECL(int, C) > struct arg; // OK
(http://listarchives.boost.org/Archives/boost/2005/01/79183.php)