Subject: Re: [boost] [guidelines] why template errors suck
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-24 20:22:54
Eric Niebler wrote:
> This is borderline self-promotion and I fretted posting this. But we a
> community of advanced C++ library developers and I'd really like
> feedback about these issues. And they really do involve Boost library
> development. If we could reach agreement about these techniques, we
> might want to integrate them into Boost's coding guidelines.
>
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/diddg/expressive_c_why_template_errors_suck_and_what/
>
> Comments?
would all this boil down to the following guidlines.
a) All template libraries should use boost::concepts ?
b) All template libraries should try to factor implemenations so that
compile errors are not propagated?
Robert Ramey