[boost] Re: Review Request: FC++

From: David B. Held (dheld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-08 14:39:55

"David B. Held" <dheld_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:bm1nvf$6eb$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> [...]
> And I second the use of MPL conventions.  I would fully
> expect FC++ to interoperate with MPL where it is easy for
> it to do so.  Failure to interoperate only because of naming
> differences would be most unfortunate.

Actually, let me put it this way.  The great thing about MPL is
not the meta-algorithms or type containers.  The great thing
about MPL is the MetaConcepts that attempt to do for
metaprogramming what the STL does for runtime
programming.  A meta-algorithm that doesn't use ::type and
::apply<> is like a generic algorithm that doesn't take iterators
or functors.  A type container that doesn't define begin<> and
end<> is like a generic container that doesn't produce iterators.
The STL is extensible precisely because it relies on Concepts,
and the same should be true of MPL.

Dave

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