Re: [boost] [MPL] Reason for mpl::quote's name

Subject: Re: [boost] [MPL] Reason for mpl::quote's name
From: Eric Niebler (eniebler_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-22 11:22:36

On 11/22/2013 4:03 AM, Larry Evans wrote:
> On 11/21/13 19:01, Eric Niebler wrote:
>> On 11/21/2013 11:37 AM, Louis Dionne wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I was just wondering about the origin of the `mpl::quote`
>>> metafunction class.
>>> Why was this name chosen?
>>
>> I don't know for certain, but I always assumed it was a nod in the
>> direction of the list quote operator, which leaves its argument
> 
> Did you mean "lisp" quote operator?

That's what I told my fingers to type, yes. But I'm not the boss of them.

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