Re: [boost] Interest for a perl6-like-junctions-class?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-05 13:50:27

Rob Stewart <stewart_at_[hidden]> writes:

> From: David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
>> Rob Stewart <stewart_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>> >    all_of(a)(frobnicates, any_of(b))
>> >
>> I started there, but the placement of parens seems to arbitrary and
>> unbalanced.  Also, the whole point of infix is to get rid of those.
>
> So you think this is better?
>
>> >>   all_of(a)._,frobnicates, any_of(b)

Yes, but not as nice visually as 

  all_of(a)._ <frobnicates> any_of(b)

> Is the _ member needed?

It is if you're going to support

   all_of(a) , all_of(b)

just the same way as you'd support

   all_of(a) > all_of(b)

If you give up support for the comma operator, you can use it for this
purpose.

> What about this:
>
>    all_of(a)@frobnicates_at_any_of(b)
>
> That only needs, using the type names from my library,

Needs what?  A new language that supports the @ character?

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Dave Abrahams
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