[Boost-users] Re: Any interest in type_traits workaround macros for illconforming compilers?

Ray Hilton wrote:

Something along theese lines #include <boost\type_traits.hpp>

#define BOOST_REMOVE_POINTER(arg) \ namespace boost \ { \ template <> \ struct remove_pointer<arg*> \ { \ typedef arg type; \ }; \ } // end namespace boost

user file

struct abc { object x; object b; }; BOOST_REMOVE_POINTER(abc)

boosts remove_pointer<T> will now work as expected for abc types

Do such macros already exist in boost?

Yes. Use BOOST_BROKEN_COMPILER_TYPE_TRAITS_SPECIALIZATION, as described in the docs below this table: http://www.boost.org/libs/type_traits/index.html#transformations Jonathan