Re: [boost] Proposed metaprogramming type system

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-18 07:39:32

From: "David A. Greene" <greened_at_[hidden]>
> David Abrahams wrote:
>
> > I'm not very happy with the hungarian-esque notation that uses lots of
> > single letters to describe how things work, and I would prefer not to
see
> > "ct_" anywhere.
> >
> > Maybe we should be willing to consider a system where we write
> >
> > select_type::call<value, T, F>::type
> >
> > Consistency might be worth the extra typing.

I don't quite understand what you mean here. Could you please describe your
proposed naming convention in more detail?

> I'm in agreement with this.  I much prefer extra typing over
> complex decoding.

What complex decoding? I, personally, find "select_type" more complex to
decode than "ct_if".

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.