Re: [boost] [Boost.Bind] comparisons

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-04 13:30:23

David Abrahams wrote:
> Edward Diener <eddielee_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> 
>>David Abrahams wrote:
>>
>>>Edward Diener <eddielee_at_[hidden]> writes:
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>>>
>>>
>>>>"It's always a good idea to put the names of the libraries concerned in
>>>>your subject line:
>>>
>>>
>>>Bind is the library concerned.
>>>
>>
>>I was largely ribbing you because you often tell others, rightly I
>>believe, to put the name of the library in the subject line. However
>>since both bind and lambda have the bind function, this is a good
>>example of the efficacy in doing so.
> 
> 
> But it was in the subject line.  Alone, it doesn't help.
>     
> 
> 
>>I did not think, unlike lambda, that one could ever use placeholders
>>in bind outside the call to the bind function itself. Where is this
>>documented ?
> 
> 
> http://boost-consulting.com/boost/libs/bind/bind.html#operators
> 

OK, I see it. What is _1 > _2 supposed to mean ? Do not placeholders in bind 
only have value when a bind function object has been called ?