Re: [boost] Re: utilities & tuples

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-24 10:27:52

From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> > reference_wrapper
> > ref
> > cref
>
>     ref and cref are too short, IMO, for boost::. I would be pleased for
you
> and Peter Dimov to work out the future of the above names, though.

To repeat, I would like these to stay in boost (and hopefully one day
migrate into std). Nobody objected during the formal review period of Bind.
I don't see a reason for different libraries to use different ref's with the
same semantics.

I'd like boost::ref used, for instance, in a future boost <algorithm>
replacement that allows

for_each(first, last, ref(f));

to avoid the copy of 'f', making it possible for function objects with state
to be used.

--
Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.