Re: [Boost-users] [boost any] casting problems (BUG?)

On 29/01/2008, Ovanes Markarian wrote:

Hello *,

I would like to ask the developers of boost::any if the ctor template in boost::any

template<typename ValueType> any(const ValueType & value) : content(new holder<ValueType>(value)) { }

is intentionally not marked as explicit.

The developer of boost::any isn't active on this list nowadays. But here's a post where he explains this, a long discussion followed: http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2004/02/61713.php Daniel