[Boost-users] Re: Named Template Parameters

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-19 06:28:34

"Bruce Trask" <Bruce.Trask_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I was investigating ways to implement Named Template Parameters.  I ran into
> this post from the archives.
>
> http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost/msg29429.php
>
> 1. Is the ntp namespace around anymore or is it now spelled
> named_template_params.hpp in boost/detail?
>
> 2. Is there a simple example of using the facilities in
> named_template_params.hpp?
>
> 3. Should I just go with the technique provided by Vandevoorde and Josuttis
> in Chapter 16 of C++ Template: The Complete Guide?  Or is
> named_template_params.hpp that technique and I am just not seeing it?

Bruce,

I'm away from the net at the moment and can't examine that link.
However, Daniel Wallin and I are trying to finalize our
recently-accepted named (function) parameters library for inclusion
into Boost, and we're trying to generalize it so it will just be
called the Boost Parameter library.  The first generalization is
support for unnamed function parameters (these are positionless and
identifiable by type), but we also plan to add named template
parameters.  We think we can reuse a great deal of our existing code
to support that.

-Dave

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