Re: [boost] to meta_ or not to meta_, that is the question

From: Ian Bruntlett (Ian.Bruntlett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-07-27 03:44:40

> However I don't like prefixes in general, and feel that the correct way
> to spell "meta_" would ideally be "meta::".  Of course that doesn't help
> the problem that "if" is a reserved word.  I think the best thing to do
> here is accept that we can't use "if", and just choose another word such
> as "when" or "select".

I looked up "if" in a thesaurus. How about "condition"? I think its a bit
long but preferable to the spreadsheet spelling "iif".

Ian