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

From: Andrei Alexandrescu (andrewalex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-13 16:32:46

> Slick.  :)  Again, I don't understand it completely, but I
> appreciate its greater simplicity.  I feel like I have a
> _chance_ to understand it completely now.  Thanks!

I think a compelling MPL example would be one that:

1. Solves a real-world problem.
2. Cannot be solved simpler without basically rewriting a significant subset
of MPL.
3. Is comprehensible outside a handful of people.

1 and 3 are somewhat complementary: the more general interest the problem
is, the more the solution is allowed to be intricate. So far I've only seen
complicated solutions to problems that can be solved in simpler ways.

Andrei