[boost] Re: Type Traits, Take Two

From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-01-06 10:56:00

scleary_at_[hidden] wrote on 1/5/2000 5:13 PM

>A few other changes were made (I include references to the Standard as to
>why I think they should be this way):
>  . is_pointer returns false for cv-qualified types (3.9.2p3, 3.9.3p1)

I find this counter-intuitive.  I also reread these paragraphs and didn't 
interpret them to say that given this:

int* p const;

p is not a pointer.

>Please see the header file for detailed comments.  Both files have been
>uploaded to the Boost vault.

Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I can't seem to access this.  The 
web page keeps telling me I'm not a member when I sign up.

John Maddock wrote on 1/6/2000 8:41 AM
>4) I still don't like using "type" to indicate a value - but it looks like
>I've been out-voted on this :-)

If it's a vote, I've swung around to "type" for types.  Mainly because of 
the ease with which "typename" can be forgotten.

-Howard