Re: Fwd: Re: [boost] ublas notation

From: Ron Garcia (garcia_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-17 11:09:56

David Abrahams wrote:

>I have no problem with the notation on those grounds. One of C++'s
>strengths is in finding new routes to expressiveness. People also get used
>to the idea that a + b does an addition, but with Boost.Lambda, it builds a
>function object
>
>I'd like to suggest a small tweak, though:
>
>Consider change range() to _range (or something similar). This would mirror
>the use of _1,... _9 for lambda and bind. The thing is just a placeholder,
>after all.
>  
>
Also, while there's not much code involved in such a range object, it 
seems like MultiArray and uBlas could share range types. I like the idea 
of the _range object as well.