[Boost-users] Boost.Variant: Is a char * really a bool ?

When I have a Boost.Variant templated on a bool and a std::string, I get the following behaviour .. #include<string> #include typedef boost::variant< bool,std::string> BoostVariant; int main () { BoostVariant v("A String"); bool &Bref(boost::get(v)); // this is ok std::string &Sref(boost::getstd::string&(v)); // But this throws return 0; }