"David Abrahams" <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote in message news:umzslw8lo.fsf@boost-consulting.com... | "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto@cs.auc.dk> writes: | | > | BTW shouldn't it be | > | | > | using boost::begin; | > | begin(r); | > | > yes! | > | > its irritating especially for boost authors because it dosn't wok | > portable; putting the code into boost::begin() | > solves that once and for all. | | What portability issue are you referring to? On what compilers is | there a portability problem? borland. | I should note that old compilers like vc6 and vc7 don't support ADL | for regular functions (just operators), so our approach, which puts | the code into boost::begin(), doesn't work on those compilers anyway. no, but the library writers still needs to deal with it. -Thorsten