Re: [boost] [typeof] Weird VC++ compiler bug

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Andrzej Krzemienski wrote:

2015-05-23 18:33 GMT+02:00 Steven Watanabe :

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AMDG

On 05/23/2015 09:44 AM, Peter Dimov wrote:

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Why doesn't Typeof use decltype on VS 2013?

Probably because Typeof hasn't had a maintainer since before decltype. It doesn't appear to use decltype for any compiler.

I don't think it can. The semantics of BOOST_TYPEOF is that of: auto x = expr;

The semantics of decltype are quire different. For instance, auto and BOOST_TYPEOF and GCC's __typeof__ never deduce references -- always values. decltype on the other hand can deduce references.

As long as BOOST_TYPEOF is less precise than decltype it can be emulated, can it not?