[boost] [review] promotion traits

From: Tobias Schwinger (tschwinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-01 07:50:42

The review of Alexander Nasonov's Promotion Traits start today. Since it's a small contribution it will be fast-track reviewed and the end of the review period is scheduled for April 6.

Download URL
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     http://cpp-experiment.sourceforge.net/promote-20050917.tar.gz

About the submission
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The Promotion Traits extend Boost.TypeTraits with templates that compute the type after promotion has been applied.

Example:

    // given
    template<typename T> struct some_algorithm;
    template<> struct some_algorithm<int> { [...] };
    // [...] more specializations

    // ,

    [...] some_algorithm< typename integral_promotion<T>::type > [...]
    // makes some_algorithm work for any type T that promotes to an integer
    // (that is enums and smaller integral types) without the need for 
    // additional specialization

Review questions
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- What is your evaluation of the design?
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- Did you try to use the library?  With what compiler?  
  Did you have any problems?
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  quick reading? In-depth study?
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Regards,
Tobias 

(Review Manager)