Re: [boost] [boost::endian] Request for comments/interest

Subject: Re: [boost] [boost::endian] Request for comments/interest
From: Tomas Puverle (tomas.puverle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-26 16:16:52

> Granted, but why not overload versus introduce a 
> long name like "swap_in_place?"

My reasoning:

1) You cannot overload based on const vs non-const ref, so 
these two functions wouldn't work:

template<typename T>
void swap(T & t);

template<typename T>
T swap(const T & t);

2) Even if you could, I think the name swap_in_place<>() better expresses the
intent of the function.  However, I could rename it to "swap_loc" or something 
similar if that's preferable to users.

Tom