Aleksey Gurtovoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> David B. Held wrote:
>> > In "C++ Templates: The Complete Guide" (Recommended), they give
>> > this example on pages 106-107:
>> >
>> >  typedef char RT1;
>> >  typedef struct {char a[2];} RT2;
>> >  template<typename T> RT1 test(typename T::X const*);
>> >  template<typename T> RT2 test(...);
>> >
>> >  #define type_has_member_type_X(T) \
>> >          (sizeof(test<T>(0) == 1)
>> 
>> This is cool.  What compilers are known to support it?
>
> MPL's implementation ("boost/mpl/aux_/has_xxx.hpp") is known to work on
> Comeau, Intel (all versions), MSVC (all versions), Metroweks 8.3/8.2 and GCC
> 3.2. There is no known way to make it work on Borland. You can test it
> against any other compiler by trying out
> "boost/libs/mpl/test/aux_/has_xxx.cpp" test case.

It also works with GCC 2.95.2 with some restrictions. I don't remember
what they are offhand. Something like that the type must be a class?
... that doesn't sound quite right because we could work around it
with an is_class pre-test.

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