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: Andrew Hundt (athundt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-07 18:45:18

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:40 PM, 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 given that Boost.Bind has been largely superseded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.

If boost::phoenix::bind is much more useful/powerful could there be a note
mentioning it in  the boost::bind documentation?

Cheers!
Andrew Hundt