RE: [boost] Re: Policy or Trait?

From: David Bergman (davidb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-02 15:21:39

David A. wrote: 

> "Andy Little" <andy_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> >> Absolutely not.  A key trait of traits is that they're 
> non-intrusive.
> >> They create an association with that can be defined 
> *after* the type 
> >> argument is defined.
> >
> > Surely a trait is *part of the *definition* * of an *entity* in a 
> > wider sense.
> 
> I think I just quite definitively disagreed with that 
> assertion already ;^)

Would you disagree with Andy even if that "wider sense" was a GP concept? I
agree with Andy under that interpretation, a trait defines the local
neighborhood of a concept and its models.

/David