RE: [boost] lambda questions/suggestions

From: Brock Peabody (brock.peabody_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-23 16:06:15

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]]
> On Behalf Of Powell, Gary
 
> Brock>  I really like the control structures,
> Brock>but they seem to have one big weakness in that they can't be chained
> or
> Brock>curried.  What if the control structure functions didn't immediately
> Brock>execute, but instead returned function objects?
> 
> They do return fn objects, via an expression template, and they can be
> chained together! I think this is in the docs.

Sorry!  I did read the docs, but I completely misunderstood:

"BLL defines several functions to create lambda functors that represent
control structures. They all take lambda functors as parameters and return
void"

To mean that the functions themselves returned void.

BTW, it seems as though lambda::bind can do everything that boost::bind can
and more.  Is there any reason for boost::bind to continue to exist?

Thanks a lot, this library is great!

Brock