Re: [Boost-users] bind's bind vs lambda's bind

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-30 02:53:52

David Abrahams wrote:
> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>
>>>> If you are aiming at a real TR1 bind, you'll have to add (much)
>>>> more coverage anyway; boost::bind is too simple.
>>>
>>> Really!  Are you planning to remedy that?
>>
>> I think that the current implementation of boost::bind does have its
>> advantages. :-)
>
> I'm sorry, that's a little too cryptic for me.
>
> What advantages?

A mostly green text matrix on a wide variety of compilers.

> If Boost.Bind isn't going to be TR1 compliant, what will John
> Maddock's Boost.TR1 use?

Boost.Bind doesn't support return type deduction via result_of and custom 
bind expressions and placeholders via is_bind_expression and is_placeholder. 
It implements the "portable subset" of tr1::bind. A boost::bind expression 
should be a valid tr1::bind expression, so it's forward compatible.