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: Joel de Guzman (djowel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-06 18:06:01

On 2/7/13 2:40 AM, Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Eric Niebler <eniebler_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> 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 given that Boost.Bind has been largely superseded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.
>>
>
> Thanks, makes sense, except I wasn't aware that Boost.Phoenix used any kind
> of decltype-like mechanism...

It does not use decltype. It does, however, use Boost.TypeOf in some places
for type deduction, which in turn uses decltype when available.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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