interop with Boost.TypeErasure - #86

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Commits on Mar 6, 2026

BOOST_OPENMETHOD_DETAIL_HAS_STATIC_FN
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inter-operate with 'any'
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inter-operate with 'any'
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Merge branch 'develop' into feature/any
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doc: document macros with MrDocs

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doc: link the registry macro pages back to the guide

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doc: add See Also guide links to the macro reference pages

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doc: make base-url a real Antora attribute

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doc: tidy the registries and shared libraries pages

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doc: guide links on every reference page, via a template override

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doc: render See Also as one comma-separated list

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doc: restore mrdocs.yml from a trap, not at the end of the build

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doc: make the Reference nav entry a link

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support std::any by mutable and xvalue reference

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support boost::any

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doc: include compiled snippets in reference doc comments
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doc: convert the virtual_ptr examples to include: markers
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doc: fix the prose around the virtual_ptr multi-example blocks
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doc: examples for unique_ptr and for the smart-pointer interop headers
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doc: make the factory examples call a method
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doc: examples for the policies headers
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doc: convert the last convertible @code blocks
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doc: document that a registry is its policy list, not its class
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doc: a usage example for BOOST_OPENMETHOD
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doc: a usage example for BOOST_OPENMETHOD_OVERRIDE
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doc: point BOOST_OPENMETHOD at the overrider example rather than repeat it
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doc: examples for BOOST_OPENMETHOD_CLASSES, correct and not
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type_vptr -> vptr
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doc: an example for BOOST_OPENMETHOD_INLINE_OVERRIDE
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doc: examples for BOOST_OPENMETHOD_DECLARE_OVERRIDER and _DEFINE_OVERRIDER
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doc: an example for BOOST_OPENMETHOD_ENABLE_RUNTIME_CHECKS
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doc: the initialize report example checks and bails, as a program would
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doc: error examples show the mistake, not the harness
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doc: harness out of every snippet, registry out of the error ones
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doc: elided overrider bodies read as a comment, not a block comment
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update comment
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doc: wrap an over-long comment in the BOOST_OPENMETHOD_CLASSES example
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doc: put the final_virtual_ptr example on the overload people call
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doc: "known exact class", not "known dynamic type"
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doc: say why final_virtual_ptr exists
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dynamic_vptr -> vptr
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fix leftovers of the dynamic_vptr -> vptr rename

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add virtual_any

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Merge branch 'feature/any' into feature/type_erasure
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probe virtual_traits::vptr with the argument type, not type_id

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any traits: pass the any through to catch-all overriders

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use_*_any_types: do not register a trailing registry as a class

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support boost::type_erasure (#21)

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fix infinite recursion in virtual_any's vptr friend on MSVC

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Merge branch 'feature/mrdocs-macros' into feature/any
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doc: an Interoperation page, and reference examples for the `any`s

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alias use_std_any_types and use_boost_any_types

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support catch-all overriders on plain `any` virtual parameters

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doc: lead the Interoperation page with `virtual_`, not `virtual_any`

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test: make the virtual_any-by-value compile-fail test actually fail on MSVC

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doc: fix the broken `any` header links on the Headers page

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doc: narrow the Interoperation page to `any`

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doc: an Interoperation with Boost.TypeErasure page, and reference examples

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doc: fix the broken type_erasure header link on the Headers page

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doc: remove base-url dance
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doc: document `vptr` in VirtualTraits and VptrFn

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doc: make the `any` header links follow the deployment too

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doc: inline the final_virtual_ptr example instead of linking to it

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doc: hide the deleted `final_virtual_ptr` overloads from the reference

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add the openmethod_vptr concept (#21)

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doc: hide the deleted final_virtual_ptr overloads from the reference

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doc: tighten the boost_type_erasure entry on the Headers page

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reject virtual_ptr over classes with a boost_openmethod_vptr overload

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doc: openmethod_vptr anys are not wrapped in virtual_any

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doc: fix the plural any's rendering with literal backslashes and backticks

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doc: give the example Dog a ctor so make_any_virtual forwards its arguments

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add a make_any_virtual overload that deduces the type of the value

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Revert the value-deducing make_any_virtual overload and the example ctor

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remove the make_*_virtual factories

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add virtual_any_ref, a non-owning counterpart of virtual_any

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doc: stop advertising virtual_any for type_erasure anys

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test: exercise virtual_any_ref with boost::any

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fix MSVC: constrain the type_erasure boost_openmethod_vptr friend

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test: make the type_erasure by-value guard fire on every compiler

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