Re: [boost] New libraries implementing C++11 features in C++03

On 12/16/2011 8:03 PM, Dave Abrahams wrote:

on Fri Nov 25 2011, Dean Michael Berris <mikhailberis-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

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auto f = [](...) { /* whatever */ };

Some of the reasons are:

1) This messes up ADL and would lead to hard-to-find bugs.

I know it's late to ask, but... how does this "mess up ADL?"

Guessing at Dean's intent: if f is at namespace scope, it doesn't behave exactly like the equivalent function at namespace scope wrt ADL. -- Eric Niebler BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com