s/type tuple/template pack/g please
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Wed Aug 21 10:59:22 PDT 2013
On Wednesday, 21 August 2013 at 17:53:21 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
> There's an inordinate amount of confusion around what we
> currently call "type tuple" (embodied in std's TypeTuple). I've
> been furious immediately as I got word that Walter called it
> that way, and it hasn't failed to make everybody else feel the
> same over the years.
>
> So: shall we use "template pack" going forward exclusively
> whenever we refer to that stuff? That way we can unambiguously
> use "tuple" for "value tuples, i.e. like mini-structs that
> group values together".
>
> Destroy. I mean criticize.
>
> Andrei
http://forum.dlang.org/post/lrycaqlrtwylhbxfifyz@forum.dlang.org
;)
> Define two distinct built-in "tuples":
>
> - Template argument sequence: may contain anything that is
> legal template
> argument.
> - Value tuple or simply "tuple": may contain any values,
> including run-time
> values. Value storage location is not defined.
"pack" is dangerous word to chose until packing/unpacking
semantics are set in stone.
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