Re: [boost] Quick q on simple type manipulation helpers

From: Andrei Alexandrescu (andrewalex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-20 15:57:27

> >    It would be nice to add "algorithms" similar to
> > std::list's function members ( like push_back et all).
>
> boost::mpl already has those.

There is one issue, though. You can't implement the exact same semantics for
typelists because they have value semantics (can't be mutated). A functional
interface is much more suitable (and actually the only possible) for
typelists. So striving to implement std::list's interface for typelist might
be a misguided effort.

Andrei