RE: [boost] Submission: typelist

From: Geurt Vos (G.Vos_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-27 03:59:26

> > An instance of a typelist would be a tuple, surely? Once the two
> > libraries are unified.
> 
> No. Sometimes you need the types but you don't need the values. Typelists
> are distinct from tuples.
> 

I agree, and an additional argument: you can't instantiate 
abstract classes and 'void'. It makes perfect sense to have
them in a type list, but absolutely no sense to have them 
in a tuple. Now think about the confusion that could create
....and the main problem I have with 4000 lines of error 
message (yes, singular) is that it doubles compilation time :)

Geurt