help with Koenig Lookup

[REH]

I'm a little confused about argument dependent lookup. Exactly when does
this apply? Specifically, I was hoping to use it to access enumeration
constants. For example:

namespace Flags {
enum flag_type {F1, F2, F3};
}

void foo(Flags::flag_type f)
{
}


int main()
{
foo(F1);
}

A my compiler's fail to find "F1" (and they are probably correct). I
thought that Koenig lookup searched for names in the namespaces of the
arguments' types. Now that I think about it, does it look in the namespaces
for the formal or actual arguments?

Thanks.

 

[Andrey Tarasevich]

I'm a little confused about argument dependent lookup. Exactly when does
this apply?

C language has nothing named "Koenig lookup" or "argument dependent
lookup". You have to ask your question in a newsgroup dedicated to C++
language.

 

[REH]

C language has nothing named "Koenig lookup" or "argument dependent
lookup". You have to ask your question in a newsgroup dedicated to C++
language.

Yes, Sorry. I had sent it before I realized my mistake. I tried to cancel
the message, but I guess it didn't "take."

 

[Lawrence Kirby]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:43:43 -0500, REH wrote:

....

Yes, Sorry. I had sent it before I realized my mistake. I tried to cancel
the message, but I guess it didn't "take."

Cancellations are generally not honoured these days because they can too
easily be used to attack a newsgroup. If you make a mistake posting just
post a followup apologising and directing people to ignore it.

Lawrence