Re: [boost] Submission: typelist

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-26 16:36:16

Too bad we can't overload compile-time functions; then we could have
identity<10>::value == 10 and identity<char>::type == type.

Maybe value_identity is best... leading to type_identity for symmetry :-/

-Dave
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From: "joel de guzman" <djowel_at_[hidden]>

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrei Alexandrescu" :
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> > From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> > > BTW, isn't "identity" a much better name than "type2type"?
> >
> > Identity sounds great, I'll make that change unless there is a lot of
> > opposition.
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> identity is cool!
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> int2type and type2type are quite, umm, unclear.
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> How about static_int<N> instead of int2type<N> ? Syntactically, It's like
> static_cast that transforms an int to a distinct static-integer type.
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> Or maybe, how about: int_identity<N> ?
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> 2c worth :-)
> --Joel
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