Re: [boost] [mpl?] loki -> boost

From: Brian McNamara (lorgon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-20 13:53:58

On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 01:21:06PM -0500, Jody Hagins wrote:
> I have a bunch of code that uses loki.  I am trying to convert it to use
> boost instead.  However, I am having a very difficult time finding
> concepts in boost to replace those in loki.  I have looked for something
> to help in this, but I have not had much success.  I have read through
> the MP documentation, and I am even more confused.
> 
> For example, I use Loki::Int2Type, and according to a loose
> interpretation of section 2.3.6, mpl::int_c<> may be what I am looking
> for (at least for this one specific case).  However, when I went to look
> at the source to make sure it does what I think it does, I could not
> find it anywhere.  I have 1.31.0, extracted from the tar.gz file, and
> did a complete find, but the only place I can find reference to it is in
> .sgml files.
> 
> Anyone know what this became, or how to correct my brain-dedness?
> 
> shandalle:jody> find .  | xargs egrep 'int_c[:space:]*<'

I think the problem is that much Boost library code is
preprocessor-generated.

Maybe doing
   // foo.cpp
   #include "boost/mpl/int.hpp"
and then trying
   gcc -E foo.cpp
will help you find the code you seek.  (I haven't actually tried.)

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-Brian McNamara (lorgon_at_[hidden])