From: Tobias Schwinger (tschwinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-18 16:14:07
Eric Niebler wrote:
> Tobias Schwinger wrote:
>> Marcus Lindblom wrote:
>>> Tobias Schwinger wrote:
>>>> Dear Boost community,
>>>>
>>>> do we have a function object template to wrap arbitrary constructor
>>>> calls / operator new expressions somewhere in Boost, already?
>>>>
>>> lambda::new_ptr ?
>> Yep, 'new_ptr' and 'constructor' are almost exactly what I want.
>>
>> Those templates are missing a 'result_type' typedef to become usable as
>> "stand-alone function objects" (outside of Boost.Lambda expressions).
>>
>> Further, the limits are a bit too low for constructing Fusion Sequences
>> and having them configurable would be nice to have, too...
>
> Yes and IMO these things should be called new_ and construct.
>
Yep, 'new_ptr' is sorta strange ;-).
I'm not too convinced that 'construct' gives a better name than
'constructor', because looking at
construct<T>()
I get the impression that something gets constructed, but in reality
it's just about capturing T's constructor in order to pass it around.
Regards,
Tobias