Re: [boost] Re: boost::bind and the preprocessor

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-08 07:09:24

From: "vesa_karvonen" <vesa_karvonen_at_[hidden]>
> --- In boost_at_y..., "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_m...> wrote:
> > From: "vesa_karvonen" <vesa_karvonen_at_h...>
> > > I don't know what Peter Dimov has in mind, but it would be
> > > interesting to see Boost.Bind implemented using the preprocessor
> > > library. Unfortunately I currently don't have the extra time
> > > to do it.
> >
> > It would be interesting, sure. But I suspect that the result would
> > be hard to maintain, at least for me. It ain't broken, so...
>
> Aside from EDG and other troublesome preprocessors what do you
> suspect would make the result hard to maintain?

Bind is already hard to maintain. The reasons are complex but the simplest
way to put it is that maintaining Bind requires too much knowledge in
several areas.

Using the preprocessor library would increase the required knowledge.