Re: [boost] Re: typelists: MPL tutorial + partial review

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-12 14:33:21

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From: "Mat Marcus" <mmarcus_at_[hidden]>
> 
> It's interesting that you suggest function class. At first I was
> trying to describe the concept as a MetaFunctor, but I had trouble
> justifying it to a colleague, so I used the #' analogy instead. It is
> true that functors (or "function classes") can be built from
> functions. Also operator() corresponds nicely to ::template apply. I
> guess we could also populate the "wrapper struct" with additional
> state information, so maybe it would be reasonable to think of it in
> this way.

Maybe apply should be 'call' instead.