Re: [boost] [function types][review] (repost with new formatting)

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-16 16:18:05

From: David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
> Rob Stewart <stewart_at_[hidden]> writes:
> >
> > How about this:
> >
> >    Generic libraries that accept callable arguments are common in
> >    C++; analysis and manipulation of built-in function types
> >    seem to appear in each one.  Some examples are the STL,
> >    Boost.Lambda, Boost.Function, and Boost.Python.
> 
> "Examples are A, B, and C" is weird.  How about:

I don't know what's weird about it, but we each have our own
sensibilities.

>    Generic libraries that accept callable arguments are common in C++;
>    analysis and manipulation of built-in function types seem to appear
>    in each one.  The STL, Boost.Lambda, Boost.Function, and
>    Boost.Python are just a few libraries that fit this pattern.

That's fine, too.

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