Re: [Boost-users] [Tuple] What's the point?

Vladimir Prus wrote:

Robert Jones wrote:

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I know that sounds like a slightly flippant question, but I really don't get it.

I've used tuples a few times, always for the multiple return value behaviour using tie( ), but in the end it always seems to be a better solution to use a struct. Code like

t.get<1>( ) = "fred";

is a bit non-obvious, compared to

t.forename = "fred";

So have I entirely missed the point of tuples?

FWIW, I've stopped using tuples because using indices as opposed to names turned out to a maintenance nightmare.

So, what's wrong with using named constants for the indices? That's what I've been most of the time when using tuples. / Johan