Oops! I forgot to attach the test file!
It's now attached.
Thanks,
Eric
Eric Friedman wrote:
> Dear Boosters,
>
> I've recently added reference support to variant. For instance, the
> following is now supported:
>
> int i = 3;
> boost::variant<int&, double&> var(i);
> i = 2;
> BOOST_CHECK( boost::get<int>(var) == 2 );
>
> However, such support required the addition of an additional variant
> constructor
>
> template <typename T> variant( T& );
>
> which subsequently determines whether to treat the passed reference as a
> reference-qua-reference or rather as a reference to some object.
>
> Unfortunately, the addition of this constructor seems to have broken
variant
> under Metrowerks in some situations. So far, I have discovered that
embedded
> variants cause a problem when implicit conversions to these embedded
> variants occur. If the preceding description is unclear, the attached file
> demonstrates the problem in code.
>
> The attached code compiles and runs successfully on MSVC 6.5, MSVC 7.1,
gcc
> 3.2, and Borland 5.5.1, but I cannot get it to compile under CodeWarrior
> 8.3. The compiler complains about "ambiguous access to overloaded
function."
>
> My first instinct is to disable reference support for CodeWarrior (as
> #defining BOOST_VARIANT_NO_REFERENCE_SUPPORT does solve the problem), but
> CodeWarrior is generally a quite conformant compiler. I therefore hope
> someone might find a workaround.
>
> Of course, I will gladly assist (in explaining variant's internals, etc.)
> anyone who steps up to the challenge.
>
> TIA,
> Eric
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