[boost] Re: lambda and maps

From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-05 16:44:46

On Oct 5, 2003, at 3:10 PM, David Abrahams wrote:

> Howard Hinnant <hinnant_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>>> HH> http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2002/n1403.pdf
>>>
>>> HH> to operate on tuple-like types instead of just tuple types.
>>> Then once
>>> HH> tuple is standardized (and put in namespace std), then I/O would
>>> just
>>> HH> work for std::pair, and enjoy all the benefits of the tuple I/O
>>> HH> manipulators.
>>>
>>> Can't wait :)
>>
>> I realized after I wrote this that my English was ambiguous (C++ is
>> sooo much easier to work with! :-) ).  The proposal does not have the
>> modification I suggest.  I wish it did.
>
> I think we can bring it back during drafting, though.  Joel de Guzman
> has just done some work on tuple algorithms and iterators which may
> justify that.

Sounds very interesting!  Fwiw, Metrowerks has shipped such a 
std::tr1::tuple on Mac, however the hookup to pair I/O doesn't work 
unless you reconfigure the lib to put the std::tr1 stuff into std 
(there is a switch to do just that).

-Howard