Re: [boost] GTL compile time vs. run time accessors

From: Michael Fawcett (michael.fawcett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-02 15:40:46

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Michael Fawcett
<michael.fawcett_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Simonson, Lucanus J
>  <lucanus.j.simonson_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>  >
>  >  We both have the same intent of improving programming practices through
>  >  library development.  The way people code geometry typically looks like:
>  >
>  >  if(condition)
>  >         point.x() = value;
>  >  else
>  >         point.y() = value;
>  >
>  >  You are advocating a style:
>  >
>  >  if(condition)
>  >         point.get<0>() = value;
>  >  else
>  >         point.get<1>() = value;
>  >
>  >  and I am advocating:
>  >
>  >  point.get(condition) = value;
>
>  I don't think Joel, Steven, myself, or anyone else suggesting
>  compile-time indexing is advocating that.

I apologize, I shouldn't assume that my view of what Joel and Steven
say is any more correct than your view thus far.  I would like to
retract that and simply state:

"I am not advocating that."

--Michael Fawcett