From: David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>
Rob Stewart <stewart@sig.com> writes:
There is no singular thing for "that" to refer to here. =20
The antecedent is missing. Sorry about that. s/that/an/
That doesn't help. Then I have to ask "which aspect?" I can't connect "matching all possibilities" with "ignoring an aspect."
Tough crowd. 8^}
Also, the text there beginning with "In other words," and ending with a period is not a complete sentence.
Yeah, you're right, but I doubt that hindered your understanding. =20
When it's already confusing, a fragment like that one doesn't help.=8E=AC=
How's this: When classifying types, it is often necessary to test for any one of several variations of an aspect. A common case is ignoring an aspect which means to allow a match for any variation of that aspect and is only useful when also testing for other aspects. Ignoring an aspect means using an "unspecified_*" tag. For example, allowing a match for any decoration requires using the <tt>unspecified_decoration</tt> tag. I changed from "the most important" to "a common" because I suspect that's more appropriate. -- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;