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From: hinnant@metrowerks.com (Howard Hinnant)
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Subject: Re: Should failure to instantiate a function template abort compilation during overload resolution?
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> Paul Mensonides's post seems decisive.

> The question is what is the intention of the standard,

I agree with Paul's analysis.

-Howard

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