Re: [boost] How to determine if a function with a given signature is declared?

Subject: Re: [boost] How to determine if a function with a given signature is declared?
From: Gottlob Frege (gottlobfrege_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-22 22:15:39

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Edward Diener <eldiener_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 5/18/2011 1:36 AM, Vicente Botet wrote:
>>
>> Edward Diener-3 wrote:
>>
>> Wow, I missed this point. For example, Boost.Thread make use of some
>> traits
>> of this kind. I guess that it should be no too much work to provide the
>> equivalent for free functions; isn't it?
>
> If it can be done it should be a separate library.
>
> My library is Type Traits Introspection, meaning it introspects a type.
>

I would say a function signature is a type.  At least it is once it
exists.  You can argue about whether a type_exists<Type>::value trait
makes sense in general.

Tony