RE: [boost] Named template parameters

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-03-04 09:37:47

At 07:55 AM 3/4/2001 -0600, Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:

 >Jeremy Siek wrote:
 >> Another variation on the named template parameters.
 >>
 >> Instead of using :: to separate the parameters, we stick with the more
 >> traditional comma. This requires some "type wrapper" classes,
 >> each with a
 >> name corresponding to the template parameter.
 >>
 >>  boost::iterator_adaptor<int*, default_iterator_policies,
 >>     Category<std::input_iterator_tag>, Reference<int>
 >>  >
 >
 >That's pretty nice. However, IMO there is one disadvantage here - users 
of
 >the library will have either to prefix parameters' names with (at least)
 >'boost::', so it becomes a little bit clumsy:

[snip]

It seems named template parameters is a really interesting research topic, 
but one that is still evolving.

So shouldn't we wait until the research is further, and consensus emerges, 
before actually using NTP's in boost code?

--Beman