Hello All, As Gordon Woodhull has suggested, it'd be nice to try finding a better name for bounded_int:
The unique characteristic of this class is not that it's bounded or an int, but that the bounds are specified at compile time.
And from private correspondence:
As Thorsten mentioned, it might be helpful to brainstorm/vote on the list for a better name for bounded_int. My favorite at this point is static_bounded, since the use of a class static variable for bounds is probably rare. But you could probably do better.
The template in a simplified form looks like this: template<typename ValueType, ValueType LowerBound, ValueType UpperBound> struct bounded_int { ... } Its characteristics are that the underlying value type is the same as the bounds type and the bounds are specified as compile time constants. According to the C++ Standard, type of the constants may be: - integral/enumeration, - pointer/reference to object/function, - pointer to member. Of the types, the most likely use case is integral, whence the name bounded_int (as a shortcut for "bounded integral", not necessarily "bounded integer"). This name does not express all the possible use cases, but it's hard to find a terse form of bounded_by_compile_time_constants. Somehow I don't like static_bounded because it may suggest that the underlying value or the bounds are static objects (in the meaning "global"); fixed_bounded or compile_time_bounded sounds no better to me. So, as I'm having difficulty with finding a good name, any ideas and opinions are appreciated. :) Best regards, Robert