Subject: Re: [boost] painless currying
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-24 17:17:37
Dave Abrahams wrote:
> I suppose the symmetrical non-lazy version looks like:
>
> f(x) => doesn't call f
> f(x)(y) => doesn't call f
> f(x)(y)(z) => doesn't call f
> f(x)(y)(z)() => calls f
This allows you to express bind( f, x, y, z ), which was impossible before,
but you've now lost the capability to express bind( f, x, y, _1 ), which
was.
bind( f, _1, y, z ), which is often needed in practice, is possible under
neither, which makes me view this whole exercise as somewhat academic.