3 files changed, 6 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
index 8e125a4..dbe5b1c 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
@@ -2297,8 +2297,9 @@ class GTEST_API_ ScopedTrace {
 //
 // to cause a compiler error.
 template <typename T1, typename T2>
-bool StaticAssertTypeEq() {
-  (void)internal::StaticAssertTypeEqHelper<T1, T2>();
+constexpr bool StaticAssertTypeEq() noexcept {
+  static_assert(std::is_same<T1, T2>::value,
+                "type1 and type2 are not the same type");
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
index 22127c7..82ec6e2 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
@@ -1069,10 +1069,9 @@ class NativeArray {
   }
 
  private:
-  enum {
-    kCheckTypeIsNotConstOrAReference = StaticAssertTypeEqHelper<
-        Element, GTEST_REMOVE_REFERENCE_AND_CONST_(Element)>::value
-  };
+  static_assert(!std::is_const<Element>::value, "Type must not be const");
+  static_assert(!std::is_reference<Element>::value,
+                "Type must not be a reference");
 
   // Initializes this object with a copy of the input.
   void InitCopy(const Element* array, size_t a_size) {
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
index 0813adc..063fcb1 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
@@ -856,17 +856,6 @@ class Secret;
 // expression is false, compiler will issue an error containing this identifier.
 #define GTEST_COMPILE_ASSERT_(expr, msg) static_assert(expr, #msg)
 
-// StaticAssertTypeEqHelper is used by StaticAssertTypeEq defined in gtest.h.
-//
-// This template is declared, but intentionally undefined.
-template <typename T1, typename T2>
-struct StaticAssertTypeEqHelper;
-
-template <typename T>
-struct StaticAssertTypeEqHelper<T, T> {
-  enum { value = true };
-};
-
 // Evaluates to the number of elements in 'array'.
 #define GTEST_ARRAY_SIZE_(array) (sizeof(array) / sizeof(array[0]))