[C++-sig] Just about to release

[Stefan Seefeld]

David Abrahams wrote:

>>And what about 'str' ? 
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> str is fine.
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>>How is the link to 'operator <<' established ?
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> In the same way that "self + self" establishes a link to
> operator+(Rational,Rational) (or whatever the signature ends up
> being).

ah, expression templates...

>>Something is missing here...
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> What is it?

well, probably just my insight :-)

While 'pow' is declared a few lines above, 'str'
isn't. So I guess it's declared elsewhere as a template
that delegates to 'operator <<', which would provide
the missing link...

Stefan