Re: [boost] wrong typedef name in boost::_mfi::[c]mf0

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-22 10:20:50

From: "Aleksey Gurtovoy" <alexy_at_[hidden]>
> It should be "argument_type" instead of "first_argument_type".

Indeed. I just fixed it. Thanks.

> I would check in the fix myself ('cause I need it :),

Out of curiosity, why do you need it?

> but then I thought
> that although it's clearly a bug and the fix is trivial, it still could be
> considered impolite to make a change in a library code without asking the
> author first.

Impoliteness aside, making changes to other libraries without warning has an
additional downside: if the library doesn't pass the regression tests, the
failure gets attributed to you, although it might be a prior change that
caused the test to fail.

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.