Re: [boost] [utility] result_of and lambda patch

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-20 16:23:09

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 15:55 -0400, Arkadiy Vertleyb wrote:
> "Daniel Walker" <daniel.j.walker_at_[hidden]> wrote
> 
> > I believe Boost.Typeof would handle the Fusion
> > case as well as any future conventions adopted by future libraries.
> > Still, for compilers that Boost.Typeof doesn't support, it would be
> > nice if result_of could handle Boost.Lambda at least. More recent
> > libraries and future libraries could consider adopting a previously
> > existing practice (result<F(Args) or sig<tuple<Args> >) that result_of
> > can support without typeof.
> 
> Please note that typeof strips top-level references, and therefore its usage 
> in relation to result_of is very limited and may not give the correct result 
> unless you are sure that the result is not a reference.

Once decltype starts trickling into compilers, the Typeof library can
start using it. For example, ConceptGCC already supports decltype...

  Cheers,
  Doug