[boost] Re: result_ofOp, operator should be a template parameter

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-05 15:00:05

Joel de Guzman <joel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Doug Gregor wrote:
>
>> On Jul 3, 2004, at 4:38 AM, Andy Little wrote:
>> 
>>> An example that I think demonstrates the superiority of this:
>>>
>>>         binary_operation<A,Op,B>::result_type result;
>>>
>>> over this:
>>>
>>>     result_of_plus<A, B>::type result;
>>>
>>> in this directory:
>> In Boost CVS there is an implementation of result_of, which would be
>> used like this:
>>     result_of<Op(A, B)>::type
>
> I think this is the best interface I've seen so far. The result_of_plus
> is just a temporary solution while waiting for Doug's result_of work
> which was not available at the time.

...which is just a temporary solution while we wait for decltype?

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