Re: [boost] Interesting article on stack-based TMP

Subject: Re: [boost] Interesting article on stack-based TMP
From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-10-22 09:14:12

On 10/22/12 07:26, Giovanni Piero Deretta wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Julien Nitard <julien.nitard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> That article came out of reddit C++ section:
>>
>> http://pubby8.wordpress.com/2012/10/15/stack-based-template-metaprogramming-in-c-11/
>>
>> It looks like TMP made easy (finally !). I am not that sure it is
>> though and was wondering if anybody had any comments on it.
> 
> While I'm a fan of point-free programming, 

What iws "point-free" programing?

> I think it the that
> comparison is not completely fair; if you allow c++11 template using
> syntax, then the classic MPL metafunction notation becomes:
> 
> template<typename Predicate, typename List>
> struct foo: add<square<length<filter<Predicate, List>>>>, int_<5>>{};
> 
> Which is almost as good as the concatenative version. 

What is "the concatenative" version?

> The extra <>
> noise is annoying in this case, but in the general case where the
> syntax tree is more complex, the classic MPL version would actually be
> more readable.
> 
> Now, to make this thread on-topic: is anybody working on a C++11
> rewrite of Boost.MPL?
> 
> -- gpd
> 
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