Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Multimethod proposal
From: Nicholas Howe (nicholas.howe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-22 19:37:07


On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> How would this differ from the signals/slots library?
>

The difference is that when invoked, a multimethod selects a single best
registered method implementation based on the dynamic types of its
parameters, whereas signal calls all of its registered methods, which accept
parameters of the same type.
Nick