Re: [boost] Proto review

From: Giovanni Piero Deretta (gpderetta_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-14 11:29:39

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Eric Niebler <eric_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>  Martin Bonner wrote:
>  > ??
>  > The New Collins Concise English Dictionary (1982) by my desk has:
>  >
>  > Negate: 1. to nullify; invalidate. 2. to contradict
>  >
>  > Posit: 1. to assume or put forward as fact or the factual basis for an
>  > argument.  2. to put in position.
>  >
>  > I don't really see how you can say that "to posit" is the opposite of
>  > "to negate".
>
>  ??
>  "To put forward as fact" seems like the opposite of "to contradict" to
>  me. One says, "it's true!" The other, "it's false!"
>
>  The only other term that I have found that is acceptable for the unary
>  plus operator is "unary_plus." That just seems so ... boring. ;-) And a
>  little strange to have "negate" and "unary_plus". Blech.
>
>  Is there a mathematician who can tell me if the operation performed by
>  the unary plus operator has a name?
>

What about identity? ;)

just-kidding-ly-yours,

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gpd