Re: [boost] Wishes for special pairs

From: Jens Maurer (Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-23 13:51:27

Daryle Walker wrote:
> 1.  Some types in Boost items involve a std::pair with both template
> parameters the same type.  We could compact this somehow.  Too bad we can't
> do:
> 
>     template < typename T >
>     typedef std::pair<T,T>  doublet;
> 
> I guess we have to make a class template that inherits from std::pair and/or
> uses special conversions.

While it may save some typing in some circumstances, it's probably
not worth the effort.  And you could partially specialize (or overload)
on std::pair<T,T> if you feel there's some optimization potential.

Jens Maurer