use always_false template to avoid compilation error in

`else static_assert(false)`
AIDASoft · Feb 14, 2025 · cef53a8 · cef53a8
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diff --git a/include/podio/detail/Link.h b/include/podio/detail/Link.h
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class LinkT {
                          !detail::isInterfaceInitializableFrom<FromT, T>) {
       setTo(std::move(value));
     } else {
-      static_assert(false, "Argument type is ambiguous, can't determine link direction");
+      static_assert(detail::always_false<T>, "Argument type is ambiguous, can't determine link direction");
     }
   }
 

diff --git a/include/podio/utilities/TypeHelpers.h b/include/podio/utilities/TypeHelpers.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ namespace det {
 
 namespace detail {
 
+  template <typename T>
+  constexpr bool always_false = false;
+
   /// Helper struct to determine whether a given type T is in a tuple of types
   /// that act as a type list in this case
   template <typename T, typename>