Re: [boost] Select overload revisited

From: Arturo_Cuebas_at_[hidden]
Date: 2005-03-01 08:23:26

Daniel James <daniel_at_[hidden]> wrote on 02/26/2005 10:38:06 AM:

[snip]
> TR (TC::* select_overload(TR (TC::* Func)(void), int = 0))(void)
[snip]
> TR (TC::* select_overload(TR (TC::* Func)(TP), float = 0))(TP)
[snip]
> TR (TC::* select_overload(TR (TC::* Func)(TP1, TP2), from_float = 
> from_float(0)))(TP1, TP2)
[snip]
> TR (* select_overload(TR (* Func)(void), int = 0))(void)
[snip]
> TR (* select_overload(TR (* Func)(TP), float = 0))(TP)
[snip]
> TR (* select_overload(TR (* Func)(TP1, TP2), from_float = 
from_float(0)))
> (TP1, TP2)

What's the purpose of the default parameters in the versions of 
select_overload above?

I went ahead and uploaded my boostified implementation to the Boost 
Sandbox File Vault: http://tinyurl.com/6srac.
So far, it’s only been tested on VC7.1/Windows. I plan on trying it out on
GCC and Linux at some point.

Arturo_Cuebas_at_[hidden] wrote on 02/28/2005 02:18:16 PM:

> Funny: I just started revisiting this again too. I also figured out a 
way 
> to not have to specify the arity - most of the time.

Please disregard what I said here. It turns out that this extra "thing" I 
was doing made no difference.