Re: [Boost-users] Why not overloading && and || in bind?

From: Richard (legalize+jeeves_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-15 16:44:07

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<011a01c87003$0ff77eb0$6407a80a_at_pdimov2> thusly:

>[...] This thread did spark my interest though and I was able to add 
>&& and || to the trunk, complete with the proper short-circuit semantics. 

Can you elaborate on the approach you took?  I thought it was
essentially impossible to replicate the short-circuit semantics with
your own user-defined operator|| and operator&&.
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