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

From: Bronek Kozicki (brok_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-13 17:46:06

David Abrahams wrote:
>>>>>   auto(x){ x->first < 0 }
>>>> where is "return" ?
>>> Good observation.  Nowhere.  Have you got a problem with that?  Also
>>> no semicolon.
>> it's not function body, then. It's an expression. C'mon, I do not think that 
>> this could be honestly called "lambda".
> 
> C'mon, haven't you ever heard of something called a "lambda expression?"

I have not seen one in C++, yet ;)

> Adding "return" for the majority of simple lambda expressions
> would result in a 25-30% increase in total non-whitespace characters,
> which is a big lose.

I understand, but it would be nice to 1. look at all use cases where lamba is 
wanted and useful and 2. avoid confusing syntax.

B.