Re: [boost] any_cast issues

[Vladimir Prus]

Greg Dehaas wrote:

Hi All,

	boost::any test = "Test Me";	

[...]

And the error message is:
c:\dev\boost\boost\any.hpp(105) : error C2536: 'boost::any::holder<char
[8]>::held' : cannot specify explicit initializer for arrays
        c:\dev\boost\boost\any.hpp(122) : see declaration of 'held'
        c:\dev\boost\boost\any.hpp(103) : while compiling class-template
member function '__thiscall boost::any::holder<char
[8]>::boost::any::holder<char [8]>(const char (&)[8])'

Hmm... the same problem can be seen if you try

std::make_pair("1", "2");

the template parameters are deduces as char[1] and char[1], and there's no much you can do with that type, not even copy it. That's the way template
argument deduction works, IIRC. I suggest that you change ctors of any and
any::holder to take value instead of reference, and tell what you got. Of course, you should be able to say

boost::any test = static_cast<const char*>("Test me");

HTH,
Volodya


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