Re: [boost] [bind] Request: use result_of instead of result_type for functors

Subject: Re: [boost] [bind] Request: use result_of instead of result_type for functors
From: Eric Niebler (eniebler_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-06 12:40:36

On 13-02-06 09:30 AM, Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Eric Niebler <eniebler_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>> On 13-02-05 05:21 PM, Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. wrote:
>>> given that Boost.Bind has been largely superseded
>>> by Boost.Phoenix.Bind.
>>
>> I'd like to address just this part. It's not true, AFAIK. Boost.Bind
>> still has its place.
> 
> Can you elaborate?

Boost.Bind is a smaller, simpler library that pulls in less code and has
fewer dependencies. It also doesn't do anything that would require
decltype, or an emulation thereof (Boost.TypeOf).

If Boost.Bind meets my needs (and std::bind is not available), I use it.

Eric

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Eric Niebler
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