[boost] Re: First lambda

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov@mmltd.net> writes:

It sure would've been nice to be able to write _2.count, or count(_2), or _2.count(), but we can't, so we bind(). ;-) The regular syntax has its advantages, and the initial "member pointer first" surprise is a one-time adjustment.

It's an issue of how far the language is, mentally, from the domain abstraction it represents. _2.member(&X::count) maps more directly to _2.count than bind(&X::count,_2) does. For me. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com