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From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-03-19 18:15:38


srry. shld hve sed "nonstndrd abbrevs."

The difference between "var" and "lvalue" is that lvalue is already a
technical term with a well-defined meaning. "var" could mean "variable",
"variant", "varadic",...

-Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Colvin" <gcolvin_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] Lambda on MSVC

> So it should be left_value and right_value then?
>
> From: David Abrahams <abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> > ...or lvalue() and rvalue(). I like lvalue() better than var() du to my
> > hatrd of abbrevs.
> > -Dave
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
> > To: <boost_at_[hidden]>; <boost_at_[hidden]>
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 5:20 PM
> > Subject: RE: [boost] Lambda on MSVC
> >
> >
> > > At 01:07 PM 3/19/2001, Gary Powell wrote:
> > >
> > > >> PS: Gary, do you insist on var() and constant()? Don't lv() and
rv()
> > > >sound
> > > >> better? :-)
> > > ><<
> > > >No I don't insist. The reason for the more verbose names is my
> > experience
> > >
> > > >is
> > > >that code is read 6 times for every time its re-written. Hence
> > > readability
> > > >(I'm showing my English bias) is very important, both for
maintenance
> > and
> > > >for debugging. But I could be convinced otherwise. Anyone else have
an
> > > >opinion on this?
> > >
> > > To me, var() and constant() seem ever so much more readable.
> > >
> > > --Beman
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