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Re: PR 4051


On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:51:23PM +0100, Jason Merrill wrote:
> >>>>> "Phil" == Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com> writes:
> > But yeah, simply surrounding the op<< in the example code with 'namespace std
> > {' and '}' allows the code to compile cleanly, even though the function isn't
> > a template specialization (and thus has no business being in std).  Weird.
> 
> It is a specialization of sorts...

Let me ask this, then:  /should/ the code given in the PR work?  I find
it very counter-intuitive to treat the op<< like a specialization.


Phil

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