Re: [boost] Boost.Conversion: functors namming

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Conversion: functors namming
From: TONGARI (tongari95_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-23 13:26:22

2011/5/15 Vicente BOTET <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]>

> Hi,
>
> during the Boost.Convert after review discussion there were some proposals
> to use Boost.Phoenix to build the functors.
>
> My question is what should be the name of the function that builds the
> functor. Some possibilities:
>
> short s=1;
> long l=3;
> using boost::phoenix::placeholders::_1;
>
> A- Use a different name: make_converter_to?
>
> s=boost::make_converter_to(*short*)(_1)(l) ;
>
> B- Use the same name in a different namespace. What about using "fp" as
> namespace (functional programming).
>
> s=boost::conversion::fp::convert_to(*short*)(_1)(l) ;
>

Proto uses a separate namespace boost::proto::functional for such, so I
think it's OK for Convert as well, while 'sp' is being too succinct, I think
it'd be better to leave such tiny naming for the users themselves.

If 'functional' is too long, maybe 'lazy' is a good choice...If this is your
decision.

> C- Use the same name in the same namespace and use SFINAE/enable_if to
> select the correct implementation depending on the parameter.
>

Maybe it's just a simple overloading without SFINAE. But this may imply that
it's tied to Phoenix actor...