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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-30 12:43:59

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>> 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. 

Thanks for explaining..  I guess we will want to try to make phoenix::bind usable
independently from the rest of phoenix, then.
-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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