Re: [boost] Re: Any interest in Tuples?

From: Jeremy Siek (jsiek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-30 11:58:28

It really would be good to have VC++ working.

Would it be possible to have a somewhat dumbed-down version that works for
VC++? Would limiting the tuples to 5 elements or so make it possible to
have it working in VC++?

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, William Kempf wrote:

> --- In boost_at_[hidden], "Ed Keith" <e_d_k_at_y...> wrote:
> > I have developed triplet, quad, & quint classes, simular to 
> > std::pair. I have also writen ostream inserters for pair, triple, 
> > quad, & quint, and provided tie() (based on boost::tie() )functions 
> > for triplet, quad, & quint. 
> > 
> > Is there any interest in this?
> 
> Not if we have interest in tuple from the Lambda Library.  I've 
> suggested that this concept be submitted to Boost seperate from LL, 
> and hopefully soon (I think it was held up by the hope to get support 
> in VC++ for it, but I don't think this should hold it up any longer).
> 
> In case you don't know, tuple is similar to pair, but with arbitrary 
> numbers of elements (fixed to a maximum N).  You supply the 
> parameters in the template argument list.
> 
> tuple<int, char> tuple2;
> tuple<int, char, float> tuple3;
> 
> Through meta-programming magic, such tuples are as efficient as hand 
> coded versions for fixed numbers of elements.  The code even handles 
> tie() for the N-ary tuples.
> 
> Bill Kempf
> 
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