Re: [boost] More comments on the Bind library submission?

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-16 11:49:05

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Siek" <jsiek_at_[hidden]>

> Using _1, _2, etc. for the arguments just doesn't have enough information.
> Someone unfamiliar with the library will read client code and have no idea
> what is going on.
>
> I much prefer some of the earlier options that were suggested. For example
> arg1, arg2,...  at least gives some clue to what is going on.

I agree with Jeremy. To me, _1 and _2 look more like some kind of integer
constant values than argument placeholders.

-Dave