Re: [boost] Report from Berlin C++ Standards Committee meeting

From: Valentin Samko (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-13 13:02:53

>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>> cases, and especially those cases where the function needs or ought to
>>> be templated.  I think the syntax should be
>>> 
>>>   auto(x){ x->first < 0 }
>>
>> where is "return" ?

DA> Good observation.  Nowhere.  Have you got a problem with that?  Also
DA> no semicolon.

So,
        auto(x){ x->first < 0 }
returns bool, and
        auto(x){ x->first < 0; }
returns void?

I think it is very confusing and error prone to change the return type
when user misses (or accidently types) a semicolon.

Valentin Samko
http://val.samko.info