From: "David Abrahams" <dave@[...].com> 
>  "Peter Dimov" <pdimov@[...].net> writes:
> 
>  > Bind now supports an alternative syntax that creates fewer problems with
>  > MSVC 6/7. Instead of
>  >
>  > boost::bind<R>(f, ...)
>  >
>  > you can now use
>  >
>  > boost::bind(boost::type<R>(), f, ...)
> 
>  Specifically, any use of explicitly-specified function template
>  arguments will cause MSVC6 (and 7?) to "reserve" the name of the
>  function template, so that it cannot be used in another namespace to
>  define a class template, e.g.: [...]

Actually I believe it's the other way around, the class template "reserves"
the name, and it cannot be used in a function call with explicitly specified
template arguments. Either way, it breaks. :-) (Yes, the bug is in MSVC 7,
too.)

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