Re: [boost] [interest?] min, max and more ... solved!

From: Dave Steffen (dgsteffen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-11 13:46:52

Eric Niebler writes:
 > David Abrahams wrote:
 > > "Eric Niebler" <eric_at_[hidden]> writes:
 > > 
 > >> Is there interest in turning this into a BOOST_MIN/BOOST_MAX library?
 > > 
 > > I dunno.  The mixed-type min/max problem is not a major issue for
 > > most people, is it?
 > 
 > 
 > IMO, it's a minor inconvenience. The dangling reference problem is
 > more insidious, as the compiler won't catch it, but I've never been
 > bitten by it, personally.
 > 
 > > I'm pretty sure decltype/rvalue ref will give us everything we
 > > need to do it in C++0x with a real function template, so I'm
 > > leary of building macros for this purpose.
 > 
 > 
 > How long will it be before all the compilers Boost supports have
 > decltype and rvalue-reference? ;-)
 > 
 > I'm not sure how I feel about it either. Maybe I'll whip something
 > up, put it in the sandbox and leave it there.

</lurk>

 I'd favor having it in Boost.  Boost is not only a collection of
 useful libraries, it's also a collection of _good examples_ and
 _educational_ libraries, and I think Eric's macros are both of the
 latter.  People don't _have_ to use them. :-)

<lurk>

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