Re: [boost] [RFC] Better error messages for errors detected at compile time

From: Douglas Gregor (gregod_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-24 09:47:36

On Sunday 24 March 2002 07:15 am, you wrote:
> Wow!, I'm very impressed, or at least I think I am - the interface for
> message formatting is a little "difficult" on first reading, but then maybe
> it has to be - if only string literals could be used as template parameters
> then it could probably be simplified I guess. Then again on a second pass
> though maybe it doesn't look so bad...

String literals as nontype template parameters would help greatly. Along with 
variable-length template parameters, it'd be almost readable, e.g., 

  error<"Cannot convert object of type '%t' to type '%t'", type1, type2>

        Doug