on Fri Oct 12 2007, "chun ping wang" wrote:

namespace boost { template char (& is_op_test(boost::operators const&) )[2];

template <class T> char is_op_test(T const&);

template<class T> T const& make();

template <class T> struct is_operators : boost::mpl::bool_<(sizeof(is_op_test(make<T>())) == 2)> {}; }

You should not be creating definitions in namespace boost. Also, I'll advise against checking for derivation from operators; There's probably a much better way to do what you are trying to do, whatever it is.

and this function declaration. template class CONT

...

typename boost::enable_if, CONT <T> >::type primelist(const T& MAX_BOUND, const T& K, boost::function f);

BigInteger class declaration looks like this..

class BigInteger : public BigUnsigned, boost::operators<BigInteger>, boost::operators { };

I compile with T = int and it works.

When i compile with T = BigInteger I get the following errors.

on visual c++. error C2770: invalid explicit template argument(s) for 'boost::enable_if,CONT<T>>::type primelist(const T &,const T &,boost::function)' ./cs512/c++/primeMain.cpp(24) : see declaration of 'primelist'"

on mingw dev-cpp i get this error. unable to find function....

In both cases passing BigInteger does not work.

You haven't shown the call that produces the error, and you haven't shown the full error. I suggest reducing your problem to a *minimal* complete example (one .cpp file) and posting that. The most obvious problem you have is that instantiating is_operator<BigInteger> is likely to cause an overloading ambiguity because BigInteger is derived from two different operator specializations. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com