Re: c++/10649: is_pointer<T> reports pointer to member function is not a pointer

[Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com>]

The following reply was made to PR c++/10649; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com>
To: Giovanni Bajo <giovannibajo@libero.it>
Cc: notbob@tessellation.com, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org,
	gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c++/10649: is_pointer<T> reports pointer to member function is not a pointer
Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 19:55:33 -0400

 On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 01:34:52AM +0200, Giovanni Bajo wrote:
 > Robert Schwartz <robertallanschwartz@yahoo.com> wrote:
 > 
 > > If I remove the * from "int (foo::*)(void)", then I get "int
 > (foo::)(void)".
 > > I know this isn't a valid C++ type, but a pointer to a member function is
 > > still a pointer, no?
 [...]
 > You can check the Type Trait library within Boost, they
 > have metafunctions to check for every thing you can think of about types,
 > and they work on every compiler out there (most of them can work even
 > without partial specialization). It will give you an idea about how to
 > implement such constructs.
 
 Also, the cxx-reflection-branch will, eventually, implement these templates
 (taken from the ISO proposal).  I have a patch which does, but the new parser
 won't let me do pointers-to-members like I'd planned.
 
 
 Phil
 
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