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Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Algorithm design question
From: Andrew Sutton (asutton.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-31 10:50:26


> None of this has anything to do with the fact that you want to require
> operator== to be an equivalence relation, and it doesn't have to be.

Realistically though, when is == not (at least) an equivalence
relation? Should we expect people to start overloading == to mean <?

Seriously, what's the real harm in more strongly connecting syntax to semantics?


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