Re: [boost] [xint] Third release is ready, requesting preliminary review

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Third release is ready, requesting preliminary review
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-03 20:54:43

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On 05/03/2010 08:32 PM, Scott McMurray wrote:

>> Possible, yes -- but it relies on a Boost library to do so.
> 
> Not in the slightest.  You can always use specialization to do it, like:
> 
>     template <typename T, bool S = std::numeric_limits<T>::is_specialized>
>     struct foo { void bar() { ... no min/max ...} };
>     template <typename T>
>     struct foo<T, true> { void bar() { ... has min/max ...} };

(I assume that's supposed to be std::numeric_limits<T>::is_bounded,
rather than is_specialized.)

Would your average developer know about that sort of thing? I've been
using C++ since 1987, and I'd never seen it until a couple months ago.
And then only by digging into the Boost.TypeTraits library's source code
to figure out how it worked.
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Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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