Subject: Re: [boost] painless currying
From: Daniel James (dnljms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-09-05 15:06:47
On 5 September 2011 19:11, Thomas Heller <thom.heller_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Daniel James <dnljms_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On 5 September 2011 12:10, Maxim Yanchenko
>>>
>>> I'm on Dave's side here: we should be explicit about the time when we want to
>>> trigger actual evaluation.
>>
>> The problem is that existing generic algorithms won't trigger
>> evaluation, so currying couldn't be used with, say, std::transform.
>> That's why I would make partial application explicit, with a normal
>> function call causing evaluation. But I think that was considered too
>> verbose.
>
> Actually, that is not the case.
It is if you have to be explicit about the time when you want to
trigger actual evaluation.