Re: [boost] [conversion] review

Subject: Re: [boost] [conversion] review
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-02 10:25:40

Joshua Juran wrote:
> On Aug 29, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Phil Endecott wrote:
> > Gordon Woodhull wrote:
> >> If I had to write a conversion function, I would rather
> >> write it as an overload of a general-purpose converter,
> >> rather than giving it some ugly typeA2TypeB name.
> >
> > Why is e.g. rgb_to_cmyk() "ugly"?
>
>       cmyk_t cmyk = rgb_to_cmyk( rgb );
>
> That's why.  Compare:
>
>       cmyk_t cmyk = cmyk_from_rgb( rgb );

I prefer this:

   cmyk_t cmyk = to_cmyk(rgb);

That permits reusing "to_cmyk" for various types via overloading.

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