Re: [boost] [local] Any "active Boost library author" in favor of Boost.Local?

Subject: Re: [boost] [local] Any "active Boost library author" in favor of Boost.Local?
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-25 16:55:41

On 11/25/2011 09:09 PM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:

> I was comparing it to
>
> R f(TO& a, T1& b, T2& c, T3& d, A0 const& arg0, A1 const& arg1)
> {
> return arg1 * a + arg2 / b + sin(c) * cos(d);
> }
> //...
> R r = f(a,b,c,d,a0,a1);

Passing the variable in scope is useful for higher-order functions, that 
usually take a couple of arguments for the values operated on.

You cannot pass extra args as arguments, short of having a partial 
evaluation mechanism. This is what function objects are for.