[boost] Re: boost::function feature request?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-05 07:50:01

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> Of course f = t; is merely a shorthand way of spelling f =
>>> boost::lambda::constant(t), but a dependency on lambda isn't always
>>> desirable.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>
>> By the same token, one could argue that this functionality ought to
>> be pushed into boost::bind.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean. What functionality ought to be pushed into
> boost::bind? 

The ability to build an always(whatever) function object:

    f = boost::bind(t);

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