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

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-13 17:00:21

From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> You have to ask Aleksey for his rationale, but AFAIK template template
> parameters are much less flexible. For example, how do you write a
> compile-time bind2nd if metafunctions are templates?

Aha, the missing typedef template.

I wonder, did anyone see my (half-serious) comp.std.c++ proposal to turn
templates into:

template<A, B, C> class X;

(partly motivated by the similarity between type list algorithms and value
list algorithms.)

Nobody replied. ;-)

This combined with and template typedefs would match "metafunctions" in
power.

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.