20 Feb
2004
20 Feb
'04
10:07 a.m.
"Brian McNamara" <lorgon@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:20040220031222.GA408@lennon.cc.gatech.edu...
(Despite the fact that no one wants to hear it, I would feel remiss if I didn't play Chicken Little and say "Fool's gold! Qualified calls and template specialization are the one true path to such customization! All designs based on overloading or ADL will end in tears!")
Its an interesting discussion. The standard committee has finally decided to rely on ADL in the standard to ensure the users swap() etc. gets called. I rely on ADL in two of the libs I have in the review queue. br Thorsten