[boost] [mpl] apply as a placeholder expression?

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-01 14:21:43

I have an MPL sequence of metafunction classes. I want to apply<> each 
with mpl::transform. So I did this:

   struct metafnclass
   {
       template<typename T> struct apply
       { typedef T type; };
   };

   typedef mpl::vector<metafnclass, metafnclass> metafnclasses;

   typedef mpl::transform<
       metafnclasses
     , mpl::apply<mpl::_1, int>
   >::type transmetafnclasses;

This fails horribly, and I don't know why. If I add an indirection like 
this:

   template<typename T,typename U> struct indirect_apply
     : mpl::apply<T, U> {};

   typedef mpl::transform<
       metafnclasses
     , indirect_apply<mpl::_1, int>
   >::type transmetafnclasses;

then it works fine. Why should that be? Is something getting evaluated 
too eagerly?

-- 
Eric Niebler
Boost Consulting
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