[boost] Re: compose names

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-06-11 10:15:10

At 03:11 PM 6/11/99 +0200, Valentin Bonnard wrote:

>[ Messy adaptators naming conventions ]
>
>> Functionality           Boost Name  SGI STL's Name
>> f(g(value))             compose11   compose1
>> f(g(value),h(value))    compose21   compose2
>> f(g(value1),h(value2))  compose22
>> f(g(value1,value2))     compose12
>> f(g())                  compose10
>
>All this mess IMHO leads to:
>
>1) almost unreadable code
> ...

Agreed.  See if you can come up with a better approach to functional
programmming in C++ without changing the language.  Who knows, you
might become famous and get your name in lights!

--Beman

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