Re: [boost] [fusion][parameter] a solution for named parameters/parameter packs using fusion maps

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-13 14:41:42

on Wed Aug 13 2008, "Peter Dimov" <pdimov-AT-pdimov.com> wrote:

> Stjepan Rajko:
>
>> function_taking_both( label("hello") & size(1) );
>
> FWIW, I've been using this in a context where I needed "arbitrary"
> argument lists and it works. It has the advantage that the caller only
> needs to know about label and size, the eventual callee only needs to
> know about the arguments it recognizes and can ignore the rest, and
> the intermediate layers can pass everything downstream as-is without
> knowing about anything. 

Why is everyone hand-rolling the functionality we already have in
Boost.Parameter?

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Dave Abrahams
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