[boost] Re: nonary_function OK?

From: Thomas Plum (tplum_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-06-16 19:08:55

I've always used "niladic".

But then, I also prefer "dyadic" over "binary".

And just for complete inconsistency, I go along with "unary" instead
of "monadic" ... you just can't fight "unary".

At 01:55 PM 6/16/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Another thought crossed my mind re why we can't use nonary_function (nun
>jokes aside): if we stuck to the classics inspired  naming convention, that
>would be the name for a nine place function!
>
>Kevlin
>
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