Re: Is it valid to call 'operator T()' directly in an template function?

[Feng Ye]

fik wrote:
> On further thoughts, the code as is, shouldn't run because value in Field is 
> never instantiated. I wonder whether putting in a constructor/destructor for 
> Field will help? Perhaps the compiler realizes that value is never 
> instantiated in the class and optimises it away along with the operators.

Field is not a template class, so it does not need to be instantiated.

The code is only for showing a bug of gcc parser. It does not need to be 
logically correct.

I have also checked under gcc 3.3. It was ok. Has anybody tried it with 
gcc 4.0?

Regards,
Feng Ye