"David Abrahams" <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote in message news:u64zhuf0x.fsf@boost-consulting.com... | "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto@cs.auc.dk> writes: | | > "Pavol Droba" <droba@topmail.sk> wrote in message | > news:20050324164342.GD15682@lenin.felcer.sk... | > | > So why not stick to the simple range_begin() ? | > | | > | I might be missing something? | > | > range_size() will clash with range_size>T>::type | | ...on GCC that uses an overly liberal interpretation of ADL and seems | unlikely to change it anytime soon. hm...does this compile on your compiler: int range_size( int ) { return 0; } template< class T > struct range_size { typedef T type; }; template< class T > typename range_size<T>::type size( T t ) { return range_size( t ); } int main() { return size( 0 ); } -Thorsten