Robert Ramey wrote:
This came about when I made some tweaks to get it to pass borland compilers.
I think my original intention was
operator const T () const {return t; } \ operator T & () { return t; } \
but maybe some compiler or other complained when T was a primitive type. Honestly I don't remember now. I think that only a couple of compilers warn about this.
Robert Ramey
Mornin' Older Compaq cxx (Digital C++) compilers have that warning - this one in particular has annoyed me in the past: [michael@anaconda michael]$ cxx -V DIGITAL C++ V6.0-010 on DIGITAL UNIX V4.0 (Rev. 1530) This one, on the ther hand, is fine: [michael@viper michael]$ cxx -V Compaq C++ V6.5-014 for Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1B (Rev. 2650) Compiler Driver V6.5-014 (cxx) cxx Driver The DECXX version for the later compiler is 60590014, we identify it as follows: #if defined(__DECCXX) #if (__DECCXX_VER<60590014) // do workaround #endif #endif I don't know in which version between the two this was fixed. Michael