Re: [boost] [MPL lite or MPL 2] A modest proposal

Subject: Re: [boost] [MPL lite or MPL 2] A modest proposal
From: Eric Niebler (eniebler_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-04 18:33:24

On 3/4/2015 3:04 PM, Steven Watanabe wrote:
> On 03/04/2015 03:17 PM, Robert Ramey wrote:
>> I've been looking at another thread which address the problems of
>> maintaining and/or finding a maintainer for MPL.  I've come up with
>> an idea for a proposal which I've laid out here:   Library Idea MPL
>> lite or MPL2 
>> <http://rrsd.com/blincubator.com/bi_suggestion/mpl-lite-or-mpl2/>
> 
> I think that building an MPL replacement without sequences would be
> an exercise in futility.  The bulk of my MPL usage is handling MPL
> sequences.

Agreed. Also, I don't think the world needs a drop-in replacement for
the MPL. The language has changed and so has our thinking. It least,
it's not clear to me that iterators make sense in a metaprogramming
environment.

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