Re: [boost] [function types] New tag type logic

From: Jonathan Wakely (cow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-29 11:20:36

On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 10:46:47AM -0400, David Abrahams wrote:

> Tobias Schwinger <tschwinger_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> >      A tag encapsulates one or more aspects of the kind of type.
> >
> >      Tags which only encapsulate variations of a single aspect are called
> >      *aspect tags* in the following text (see reference).
> >
> >                                                ^^^
> >                                              links to:
> 
> Lovely!  "which" should be "that," though, at least by U.S. English
> rules" Normally, "which" should only follow a comma in a fragment that
> could be removed without altering the meaning of a sentence, as in "I
> felt lousy, which might have been good since I didn't want to go
> anyway."

That seems wrong to me.  A style-guide which requires that is being a
bit picky IMHO.

c.f. Chambers:
http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/chref/chref.py/main?title=21st&query=which
Your rule seems only to apply to the 3rd definition, which is not the
sense in which Tobias is using "which".

jon