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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-18 10:08:39

Rob Stewart <stewart_at_[hidden]> writes:

> You can omit spaces to make it look right to you.  I dislike
> omitting spaces around operators.  So, without the internal
> spaces, do you like any of them?
>
>    if (any_of(...) <<some_predicate()>> 5)... // 1
>
>    if (any_of(...) <some_predicate()> 5)... // 2
>
>    if (any_of(...) ^some_predicate()^ 5)... // 3
>
>    if (any_of(...) /some_predicate()/ 5)... // 4

Not with the parens in there.  What's that for?  Are you assuming
some_predicate is the type of a stateless function object?

   if (any_of(...) <<some_predicate>> 5)... // 1

   if (any_of(...) <some_predicate> 5)... // 2

   if (any_of(...) ^some_predicate^ 5)... // 3

   if (any_of(...) /some_predicate/ 5)... // 4

That's a little better.  I guess any of them but the last looks okay.

Have you considered how/whether operator precedence will affect the
usability of these?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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