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Subject: Re: [boost] Formal Review Request: TypeErasure
From: Joaquín M LópezMuñoz (joaquin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-04 02:31:49


Gordon Woodhull <gordon <at> woodhull.com> writes:

>
> On May 30, 2012, at 6:21 PM, "Simonson, Lucanus J" <lucanus.j.simonson <at>
intel.com> wrote:
>
> > I just had an evil thought for a name: MetaTyping
>

No opinion on that, but I've got another suggestion: Boost.Interface.
The name comes back from an abandoned lib proposal by Jonathan Turkanis:

http://www.cdiggins.com/bil.html

which revolves around duck typing (though with a different approach
than Steve's lib.) "Interface" is (surprisingly) a not much overloaded
word in C++.

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica Digital


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