On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Phil Endecott < spam_from_boost_dev@chezphil.org> wrote:
Imagine the scenario where someone picks up some code written by someone else and needs to understand it: they really need to be able to read it without referring to the documentation for an obscure library first.
+1
As an aside, I think it would be useful to present a motivation for the "swizzling" operations. I.e. a simple "real" example of why you might want to "swizzle".
Because sometimes you need to. :) For instance, some graphics APIs lay out colors in RGBA order, others in ARGB, yet others in RBGA, etc. Many APIs do many or even all permutations.
Also, I find the word "swizzle" a bit odd.
It's a term of art that everyone who needs it already knows. It should not be changed. Zach