Re: [boost] Re: Re: more flexible any

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-02 07:36:53

From: "Alexander Nasonov" <alnsn_at_[hidden]>

> Ok, let it be dynamic_any. Here is only one mirror problem. Three words
in
> dynamic_any_cast while all others known (to me) casts consist of two
words:
> static_cast, reinterpret_cast, dynamic_cast, any_cast, lexical_cast,
> numeric_cast and so on.
> I'd like to get responces about operators == and != for dynamic_any and
> using of std::set<dynamic_any> and std::map<dynamic_any, value_type>. How
> often they were simulated and how successully? Your responces can help to
> understand real need of these features.

I think we decided that the "right" way to spell this construct was
"extract<T>(x)..."

-Dave

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