Re: [Boost-users] [signals] connection::add_tracked() proposal

From: Frank Mori Hess (frank.hess_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-21 16:59:03

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On Wednesday 21 February 2007 16:45 pm, Timmo Stange wrote:
>
> A user can already have loosely related pointers tracked by using
> a specialized function object and overloading visit_each. Giving
> too many alternative ways to achieve the same goal may confuse
> more than it helps.

I disagree.  By that logic, providing boost::bind is a mistake, because the 
user could just as well create a specialized function object in order to 
connect a slot which doesn't exactly match the signal's signature.

- -- 
Frank
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