Re: [Boost-users] [review] Fast track formal review of Forward library begins today

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-25 21:45:29

on Fri Dec 07 2007, shunsuke <pstade.mb-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> John Torjo wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> The formal review of the Boost.Functional/Forward library, proposed by 
>> Tobias Schwinger, begins today :
>> 
>> Boost.Functional/Forward provides decorator function objects to have an 
>> n-ary,
>> generic function object accept both RValues and mutable LValues.
>
> Sorry, this is not a review. Ignore this if irrelevant.
>
> Was boost::detail::functionN family in Boost.Accumulators considered?
> That seems more advanced than Boost.Functional/Forward.
>
> FWIW, starting from Abrahams' callable and functionN, I've been implementing a similar library:
> http://tinyurl.com/vd4r5 , which regards Boost.Functional/Forward facility
> as one of higher-order functions, `perfect`.

Hmm.  Did anyone reply to this?  I think if someone points to an
alternative library with that level of maturity during a review, it
shouldn't be ignored.  We should at least have a discussion of the
relative merits of the two approaches before taking a vote.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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