From: Terje Slettebø (tslettebo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-07 16:38:56
>From: "Hartmut Kaiser" <hartmutkaiser_at_[hidden]>
> Terje Slettebø wrote:
> >
> > typedef char (&yes_type)[1];
> > typedef char (&no_type)[2];
>
> Within the Boost.Spirit library we have the need to have not only two
> distinct (size-)types, but something around a dozen. Wouldn't it be
> better to provide something more general as the two (size-)type yes/no
> solution? With Boost.PP this shouldn't be any problem.
Sure, that would be fine. I'm not that familiar with Boost.PP, though, so I
think I leave it to someone else to write that version. As quite a bit of
code uses yes_type/no_type, now, it may be a good idea to keep them, as
well, anyway, for backwards compatibility and simplicity.
Regards,
Terje