Re: [boost] [range_ex] needs ADL Barrier

30 Nov 2005


      MB wrote:
...
If boost iterators are passed to 'std::equal' of VC++7.1,
the 'std::equal' calls 'non-qualified' 'mismatch' and
the unintentional ADLookup to 'namespace boost' 
finds incorrectly 'boost::mismatch' of range_ex.
...
...
The workaround is something like:
namespace boost_range_ex_unspecified {
    // many range algorithms here
    // ...
  }
namespace boost {
    using namespace boost_range_ex_unspecified;
  }
Oops, you're right. Ahh, fun with ADL. Thanks for the report.


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