Re: [boost] Interest in an 'either' library?

23 Jun 2013


      On 21 Jun 2013 17:36, "David Sankel"  wrote:
...
**Use 2**: A lightweight alternative to boost::variant when only 2
components are required (either relates to variant in a similar way that
pair relates to tuple ).
(...)
either eitherAOrB;
if( eitherAOrB.is_left() )
  std::cout << "A: " << eitherAOrB.left();
else
  std::cout << "B: " << eitherAOrB.right();
Is there any particular reason not to follow std::pair naming
and use first() and second() members?

Regards,
-- 
Mateusz  Loskot
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