Robert Ramey wrote:
I did spend a significant amount of time trying dealing with this. The first effort resulted in the table of rules which can be found in the documentation of 1.32. I found this very unsatisfactory. If I remember correctly it was one set of requirements for compilers supporting partial template specialization and another set for compilers that didn't. Given the two alternatives, I found the current one much better.
I understand that I have to live with two-phase lookup. But there's no requirement that I have to think its a good idea. I first noticed the problem when the meaning of my code silently changed depending upon header order. Of course this was compiler dependent. So it was huge hassle to find. Sorry, I just can't see how this can be a good idea.
Did you try to apply my patch? Did it break any tests? On what compilers? You statements sound a bit vague; probably if you clearly explain what's the problem, somebody will be able to give a solution. The current library simply does not work with my code. Do you suggest that I patch Boost tree locally? Or there's some other way? - Volodya