[boost] Re: Const notation in call traits documentation

From: Bo Persson (bop_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-25 07:39:11

"Edward Diener" <eddielee_at_[hidden]> skrev i meddelandet
news:bsao76$b2j$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
> I think the notation for 'const', before or after the main type itself in
a
> type expression, should be consistent in all documentation. I admit I have
> been swayed by the argument of Josuttis and Vandevoorde in their C++
> Templates book to put it after the main type, since this follows the
general
> rule that 'const' always goes after the type it is modifying.

A counter argument is of course that the Standard Document itself uses the
opposite convention.

Maybe this is a good season for a religious debate?  :-)

Bo Persson