Re: [boost] More partial specialization workarounds

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-11 07:49:05

How about just posting a patch for the type traits library? ;-)
You might also be able to make some improvements to
boost/detail/iterator.hpp...

-Dave

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mat Marcus" <mmarcus_at_[hidden]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 7:10 AM
Subject: [boost] More partial specialization workarounds

> Hi all,
>
> I would be interested to hear from anyone familiar with the issues in
> porting metaprogramming libraries to VC nowadays, for example the
> Lambda Library. Partial specialization workarounds have become a
> hobby of mine. I recently came up with a new category of
> metafunctions resembling those in boost::type_traits. For example I
> believe we can now write: is_pointer_to_same, is_pointer_to_POD, or
> even the monstrous is_vector_of_pointer _to_list_of_POD on broken
> compilers. In some cases these can help circumvent the lack of a
> functioning std::iterator_traits. If there is sufficient interest I
> have an OOPSLA '01 workshop paper on this topic that I could post.
> Thanks.
>
> Got a hammer, looking for a nail
> Mat
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