30 Mar
2004
30 Mar
'04
4:51 p.m.
On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:23:24 +0200, JOAQUIN LOPEZ MU?Z <joaquin@tid.es> wrote:
In the rationale of Boost.Optional, optional<T> is proposed as a convenient replacement of the time-honored practice of returning a std::pair<T,bool> with the bool indicating whether the T object is meaningful or not.
It's not that honored, I think. At least once you know Barton-Nackman's Fallible ;) Genny.