Doug Gregor wrote:
On Apr 10, 2006, at 3:58 AM, Reece Dunn wrote:
In terms of C++0x features, what is the current state of lambda support as I have seen several papers from Bjarne, et. al.?
I don't think being the fourth of five authors on one lambda proposal counts as "Bjarne et. al." :)
I could only remember Bjarne as being one of the people involved with a wg21 paper on Lambda from www.open-std.org. Maybe I should have said Doug et. al. :)
The driving forces behind lambdas for C++0x are Jeremiah Willcock, Jaakko Jarvi, and Valentin Samko.
I'll keep an eye out for papers from them.
The lambda proposals are still in an early state of development and will take a couple months to mature. There are many unanswered questions about the scope of lambdas (how much can/should they express?), various design features (polymorphic vs. monomorphic, how to handle references to local variables), etc. I have no doubt the authors will spiral in on the right solution, but they could certainly use more feedback.
Sure. I am interested in Lambda functions and have knowledge of Haskell (and more recently Python :)) and the Boost.Phoenix/Lambda libraries. - Reece _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/