[boost] Re: [Review] Named parameters library

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-18 09:33:10

Matt Hurd <matt.hurd_at_[hidden]> writes:

>>David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Matt Hurd <matt.hurd_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>> >>David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> > A use case I have that I'm not sure how best to approach, but would
>> > find incredibly useful, with named_params is using a compile time
>> > policy to support switching between:
>> >   1.  direct function call
>> >   2.  an indirection to the function call, such as the marshalling and
>> > transmission of the function parameters, including formal parameter
>> > names, to a target.
>> >
>> > To do this, named_params needs to support an interface for iterating
>> > over the parameters.
>> 
>> Why iterating?

I'd still like to know.

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