Re: [boost] [GSoC] [Boost.Hana] Formal review request

Subject: Re: [boost] [GSoC] [Boost.Hana] Formal review request
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-09-21 10:40:39

Le 30/07/14 05:47, Edward Diener a écrit :
> On 7/29/2014 9:38 PM, Louis Dionne wrote:
>> Edward Diener <eldiener <at> tropicsoft.com> writes:
>>
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Please consider also that you are using terminology in the present
>>> documentation which does not relate to C++ very well, although it may
>>> relate to Haskell for all I know. If you rework the documentation 
>>> please
>>> use C++ terminology for things. As an example you referred to 
>>> Type<T> as
>>> an object when in C++ it is a class.
>>
>> I am confused; `Type<T>` does not exist in Hana, so I doubt I mention it
>> anywhere unless I made an error. There's `type<T>`, which is a variable
>> template, and `Type`, which is a C++ struct.
>
> Yes it is 'type<t>' and not 'Type<t>'. But...
>
> "First, type is a variable template, and type<T> is an object 
> representing the C++ type T."
>
> The syntax 'type<T>' normally means a class in C++.
type<int> is a class that represents the type int. I find the name 
type<T> is appropriated.

Vicente