24 Jul
2006
24 Jul
'06
5:55 p.m.
I whined:
It is a bit boring not to be able to use a common name for these constructs, especially when trying to tech others about metaprogramming techniques in C++. And I do not see such common names in the MPL documentation (or C++book.)
David Abrahams responded:
Yeah, we managed to write the whole book without such a name, which suggests maybe it isn't really needed.
That is true for experienced folks, but seems to break down when teaching this subject to more junior colleagues. So, I will use "metafunctor" and "metafunctoid" till further notice (in the form of a revision of the MPL documentation) ;-) "Yes, just create a metafunctor, whichever way you like - lambda, explicitly... - and use it!" /David