C++ guys hate static_if?

deadalnix deadalnix at gmail.com
Mon Mar 11 23:17:09 PDT 2013


On Tuesday, 12 March 2013 at 06:05:54 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 3/11/2013 10:49 PM, deadalnix wrote:
>> And this is very similar to our template constraint system and 
>> static if, except
>> we are meta here (ie, meta dynamic typing vs meta static 
>> typing).
>
> The issue I have with it is it is only able to express concepts 
> as types. Values are important, too, as they are also 
> parameters to templates.

Both definitively have advantages and drawbacks. Does the C++ 
team have any plan on making concept work with values ?

Concepts are for instance THE perfect match for all kind of range 
we have.


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