id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
2103	ostream::operator<<(bool) is called if optional_io.hpp is not included	nasonov	Fernando Cacciola	"If you pass an optional<T> value to ostream, it would print a result of safe_bool() if <boost/optional/optional_io.hpp> is not included.
{{{
$ cat -n unspecified_bool_type.cpp
     1  #include <iostream>
     2  #include <boost/optional/optional.hpp>
     3
     4  boost::optional<char> o('o');
     5
     6  void without_io()
     7  {
     8    std::cout << o << '\n';
     9  }
    10
    11  #include <boost/optional/optional_io.hpp>
    12
    13  void with_io()
    14  {
    15    std::cout << o << '\n';
    16  }
    17
    18  int main()
    19  {
    20    without_io();
    21    with_io();
    22  }
$ ./a.out
1
 o
}}}
This can be fixed by a adding forward declaration of operator<< to optional_fwd.hpp.

Note that other uses of unspecified_bool_type may be buggy.
"	Bugs	closed	Boost 1.36.0	optional	Boost 1.35.0	Problem	fixed