Re: [Boost-users] [array] VC++ 7.1 bug and a proposed fix

Johan Råde wrote:

John Maddock wrote:

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Personally I would add the template-assignment op for BOOST_MSVC < 1400 only, would we gain anything from adding it for other compilers? It opens up an assignment that wasn't there before, so I guess it means array

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becomes assignable to array which may or may not be a good idea depending on your POV.

John.

array already has a template assignment op. array already is assignable to array

The question is, should we add a non-template assignment op for VC++ 7.1, as a compiler bug workaround.

Oh, Darn. Sorry for the confusion. That one is problematic as it really would make the array a non-POD so initialisation would occur during the dynamic phase rather than the static phase. IMO that would be a deal braker :-( John.