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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-05 15:55:50


François Dumont <francois.cppdevs_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hello
>
> I am currently actively contributing to STLport. One of my
> contribution is to make boost and STLport closer. I think STLport can
> gain a lot in using some of the boost libraries and then boost will be
> able to count on a robust std lib.

This sounds really cool, BTW.

> For the moment I only use 2 libraries from boost, type_traits and
> call_traits.

Take care with call_traits. The documentation isn't very clear about
how it behaves in all circumstances (especially on broken compilers).
I would be inclined to build my own individual metafunctions (rather
than traits "blobs") for doing the kinds of thigs that call_traits
tries to address.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com

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