[Boost-users] Re: MPL Library

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-27 16:24:15

Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:
> Edward Diener writes:
>> I have bit the bullet and am attempting to get my head around the MPL
>> library. I realize there is a book out by Messieurs Abrahams and
>> Gurtovoy, I believe, but I thought I would tackle the boost
>> documentation first. A few questions:
>>
>> 1) Is the documentation up to date ?
>
> Not just at the moment. It will be in a few days.
>
>> 2) There are three separate documents to study, it seems, all giving
>> information about the MPL library, a white paper circa 2002, a
>> reference, and a mini-tutorial. Is the information in these in sync
>> with each other ?
>
> Again, not yet. See the above.
>
>> The reason I ask is that the white paper/mini-tutorial mentions
>> if_<> and apply_if<> but the reference does not mention them at all.
>> Are they just understood intrinsic metafunctions that need no
>> reference, or what ?
>
> The current reference documentation is incomplete. The upcoming one
> covers everything.
>
>> If the former, are there more of these intrinsic metafunctions and,
>> if co, what are they and what do they do ?
>> 3) A number of the topics in the reference documentation mentioned in
>> generalized overviews of the various sections have no specific
>> links. Does this mean that they were never implemented ? Seems
>> dubious in a number of cases.
>
> See the above.
>
>>
>> I would seriously like to figure out how MPL works and play around
>> with it, but I feel stymied with what is in the boost docs.
>
> I can't promise the new docs will answer the "how" part (depends on
> what you mean by that), but they definitely make the library more
> accessible. So,
> if you can, just wait a couple of days.

Thanks, Mr. Gurtovoy. I will wait and look forward to reading the updated
documentation. The library looks like a challenge to learn, but one which I
will enjoy using. I would like to ask that when you finish updating the
documentation, that you post a notice of it to the Boost NGs.