Re: [boost] Re: Quick Question...

From: Paul Mensonides (pmenso57_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-24 17:10:11

From: "Giovanni Bajo" <giovannibajo_at_[hidden]>
> > He wants to detect 'value' not type.  I'm wasn't sure if he justed wanted
> to
> > detect if a available constant value of a certain name was present or a
> direct
> > enumerator only.  So, while I don't really see the utility of the entire
> thing,
> > this *will* detect if a type has a nested enumerator 'NAME':
>
> Actually, detecting a constant would have been enough. When I write a
> template, if there are several "user-configurable" options, instead of this:

That is what I assumed, but it was fun to make the full-scale version.  In
theory, you could use an enumerator vs. a static constant as an 'extra' boolean
value--i.e. whether it was one or the other.  Of course, usage like that would
be seriously non-obvious. :)

Paul Mensonides