Re: [boost] Active objects?

From: Thorsten Schuett (schuett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-02 03:24:12

On Tuesday 01 November 2005 20:11, Peter Dimov wrote:
[snip]
> > However, the active lambda stuff could possibly be done as an
> > extension of Boost.Lambda using Spirit/Phoenix sugar:
> >
> >   future< int > = active<>[ _1 = _1 + 2 ];
>
> This doesn't work; your active<> doesn't take any arguments, so you can't
> use _1. It is possible to make this:
>
> future<int> f1 = active( bind( f, 1, 2 ) );
> future<int> f2 = active( bind( &X::f, &x, 1, 2 ) );
>
What is the point of adding the active-Wrapper? The bind already returns a 
nullary function.

future<int> f1 = bind( f, 1, 2 );

should be sufficient. 

Just wondering.

Thorsten