[boost] Re: [Review] Named parameters library

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-16 20:07:17

Daniel James <daniel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Sorry, another feature request. Would it be possible/a good idea to
> add a way to get the type of a named parameter? 

Certainly it's possible.  Not sure if it's a good idea.  Is there a
use case?  Some people are complaining that the library is already
heavy artillery where none is needed.

> It's possible to call a template function which will then know the
> type, but it seems like using this library already requires enough
> forwarding functions.

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