Re: [boost] Proposed metaprogramming type system

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-17 11:35:27

From: "Ullrich Koethe" <u.koethe_at_[hidden]>
> I don't like "defaulted" as it seems to suggest some useful default,
> while the intended meaning of "missing" was to denote arguments not
> specified. How about "omitted" then? Or perhaps "dropped"?

As always, naming debates dominate. ;-)

FWIW, in bind I use (as an implementation detail) 'unspecified' to indicate
that the return type hasn't been specified (and hence should be
automatically deduced.)

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.