[boost] Re: Documentation improvement for boost::bind

From: Miro Jurisic (macdev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-07 16:54:15

In article <c51m6l$edg$1_at_[hidden]>,
 "Edward Diener" <eddielee_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I am referring to this line in the doc under 'Using nested binds for function 
> composition':
> 
> "Note that the first argument - the bound function object - is not evaluated, 
> even when it's a function object that is produced by bind or a placeholder 
> argument, so the example below does not work as expected."

I am pretty sure that's worded very poorly. The argument has to be evaluated, in 
the sense that functions get called, code gets executed. However, I am not sure 
that I can suggest a better wording without understanding details of the 
implementation, which I have so far managed to avoid :-)

meeroh

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