Re: [boost] [guidelines] why template errors suck

Subject: Re: [boost] [guidelines] why template errors suck
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-27 00:54:42

At Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:40:31 +0800,
Dean Michael Berris wrote:
> 
> The way concepts are done now is to define the syntactic requirements
> (not so much the semantics) 

I think I know what you mean, but I wouldn't say it that way.
Notwithstanding the fact that the compiler can never verify semantic
conformance to a concept, the semantics are a required part of any
concept definition.  If your concept omits semantics, it's broken.

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Dave Abrahams
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