[boost] Re: g++ 4.0 and typeof/operator overloading based metaprogramming

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (agurtovoy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-31 20:32:33

Daniel James writes:
> I've been trying out a pre-release of g++ 4.0, and its typeof now
> works a lot better than the older versions. This allows it to be used
> for metaprogramming. As an example, I've attached a compile time
> factorial implemented mainly using operator overloads (it's not
> commented at all, but should be pretty easy to understand for most
> people on this list). I think it would be possible to write a
> metaprogramming library which would have much nicer syntax (borrowing
> techniques from lamba & phoenix), and integrate well with mpl.

You don't need 'typeof' for that kind of syntax sugar; a standard
compliant compiler will suffice, see
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/77267.

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Aleksey Gurtovoy
MetaCommunications Engineering