Problem with combination boost::exception and boost::variant
- by Rick
Hello all,
I have strange problem with two-level variant struct when boost::exception is included. I have following code snippet:
#include <boost/variant.hpp>
#include <boost/exception/all.hpp>
typedef boost::variant< int > StoredValue;
typedef boost::variant< StoredValue > ExpressionItem;
inline std::ostream& operator << ( std::ostream & os, const StoredValue& stvalue ) { return os;}
inline std::ostream& operator << ( std::ostream & os, const ExpressionItem& stvalue ) { return os; }
When I try to compile it, I have following error:
boost/exception/detail/is_output_streamable.hpp(45): error C2593: 'operator <<' is ambiguous
test.cpp(11): could be 'std::ostream &operator <<(std::ostream &,const ExpressionItem &)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
test.cpp(8): or 'std::ostream &operator <<(std::ostream &,const StoredValue &)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
1> while trying to match the argument list '(std::basic_ostream<_Elem,_Traits>, const boost::error_info<Tag,T>)'
1> with
1> [
1> _Elem=char,
1> _Traits=std::char_traits<char>
1> ]
1> and
1> [
1> Tag=boost::tag_original_exception_type,
1> T=const type_info *
1> ]
Code snippet is simplified as much as possible, in the real code are structures much more complicated and each variant has five sub-types.
When i remove #include and try following test snippet, program is compiled correctly:
void TestVariant()
{
ExpressionItem test;
std::stringstream str;
str << test;
}
Could someone please advise me how to define operators << in order to function even when using boost::Exception ?
Thanks and regards
Rick
