Re: [boost] Re: mpl/loki

From: Gabriel Dos Reis (gdr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-13 11:17:39

Howard Hinnant <hinnant_at_[hidden]> writes:

| Another possible spelling for this animal is:
| 
| class nat {nat();};
| 
| Inspired from nan.  In this case means Not A Type.

Ahem, a class is a type, no matter how you name it.

| It is nice and
| short which comes in handy for when there are a lot of template
| parameters to default.  It is easily pronounceable, and won't be
| confused with any other type when discussed verbally.

Really?  Without reading the rest of your message, I thought it was a
short for "natural number".  A matter of background I guess.

-- Gaby