Re: [boost] Keeping C++ feature discussion on topic for Boost

From: jk_at_[hidden]
Date: 2002-02-22 06:04:34

22 Feb 2002 06:12:49 +0300 Herb Sutter wrote:
>
>Indeed, and thanks to you, Dave, and Beman for repeating this. My question was
>for a list of features "most needed" for writing C++ "libraries ... and Boost
>in particular."
>
>So far, there have been three such suspects discussed: typedef templates,
>auto, and typeof.

You forgot about core language supported type traits, are you? The whole
boost::type_traits is not enough, as it is not able to reliably
distinguish pod from non-pod, functions with arbitrary arity etc.

And this feature is essential for writing optimized libraries.

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jk