Re: [boost] typeof() substitute.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-30 09:51:18

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
> > 
> > I'm at a seminar right now where Steve Dewhurst has presented his
> > technique for implementing typeof. It has the nice feature that you
> > only need to register UDTs, and the system is then able to cope with
> > them in all other type contexts including arrays, pointers, function
> > (pointers/references), etc., etc. This technique was also covered in a
> > recent CUJ article. I imagine it /might/ save some significant amount
> > of code in Boost.Lambda and Spirit's Phoenix extension to take
> > advantage of this approach. I think implementing it with MPL would
> > make it a lot easier. Thoughts?
> 
> What does it say about typeof(std::cout << 5)?

Good question. I'll ask him. If it's not a reference, we're not
interested.

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