Re: [boost] Fomal review period for functional

From: John E. Potter (jpotter_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-17 08:25:42

On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Mark Rodgers wrote:

> > My second point is unrelated to the rational for functional.hpp - so
> > consider it entirely optional - can we have an "identity" unary function
> > object.  The SGI STL already has this, but it's not part of the standard,
> > my reason for bringing this up is that functional.hpp is the obvious
> > place to put this.
> 
> I definitely think that a boost::identity is a good idea.  If folks think
> functional.hpp is the appropriate place, I'm more than happy to include
> it.  And what about project1st/project2nd and select1st/select2nd?

Yes to all!  Is that std::identity or boost::identity?  The latter is
much better.  It's too easy to get SGIi[sz]ed. :)

John