Template operator compile error in 3.0.4, not in 2.95.2

[Phil Edwards]

On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 09:45:05AM -0500, Dave Williss wrote:
> My remaining question is "why is this an error and not a warning?"
> 
> > edittabg.c:7796: choosing `bool FIXEDSTRING<_T>::operator==(const
> UNICODE*)
> >    const [with long unsigned int _T = 16]' over `operator=='
> > edittabg.c:7796:   because worst conversion for the former is better than
> > worst
> >    conversion for the latter
> >
> > Why is this an error?  I _want_ it to choose the template's == operator.

Some of us have been asking for months and have never gotten a good
explanation...  And unfortunately, there's no way to turn the message off.

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