Re: [Boost-docs] Quickbook: trickiness

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-16 20:31:39

David Abrahams wrote:
> IMO the rules that allow you to do things like leave out a nullary
> template's argument list when the template body doesn't look like an
> argument list 

This can be removed. I agree.

> and combining simple argument separators with ".."
> separators are confusing at best and don't provide real utility.  I
> think we should avoid such syntax quirks.

Those are there to provide backward compatibility. One of the goals
is to replace/rewrite most of the rules using templates. Alas, QB's
syntax is admittedly quirky to begin with. In an ideal world, I'd
redesign the syntax set and rewrite Qb, but, I guess I don't quite
have time to invest on such a rewrite.

Regards,
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