RE: [boost] Submission: typelist

From: Jon Kalb (jonkalb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-11 14:14:50

>From:	Andrei Alexandrescu [mailto:andrewalex_at_[hidden]]
>
>> It seems to me sensible to correct a mistake and call it size at the same
>> time.  In the standard, the name for a function that returns the number of
>> elements in a list (or indeed any container) is spelled s-i-z-e.

>Good point, but then string has 'length' as well.

But it shouldn't. It's a wart.

> It also certainly seems sensible for us to use boost::mpl as a namespace
> for this stuff even if we don't ever end up accepting all of Aleksey's MPL.
> We do need some sort of meta-programming library, and mpl is a better name
> for it than a loki.

Does 'Amazon' has anything to do with bookstores? 'Apple' with computers?
And finally... 'Microsoft Works' with... Microsoft works???

Now, now... :-)