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Subject: Re: [boost] Call for interest - BOOST_AUTO_FUNCTION
From: Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. (jhellrung_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-19 01:10:45


On 10/18/2010 9:00 PM, Matt Calabrese wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr.<
> jhellrung_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> Using "if" and "not" for opposite things seems kind of awkward...maybe "if"
>> and "unless" ?
>>
>
> Yeah, I admit I do like unless better, but we're trying to go for C++
> keywords since they highlight in IDEs.

Whichever keywords you choose is ultimately up to you, but, generally
speaking, "such-and-such syntax-highlights better in IDEs" doesn't seem
like a good rationale to base interface and designed decisions of any
kind on. I'll leave it at that though.

- Jeff


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