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A bit of background for the unified C++ call proposal
C++ provides two calling syntaxes, x.f(y) and f(x,y). This has bothered me for a long time. I discussed the problem in the context of multimethods in D&E in 1994, referring back to a proposal by Doug Lea from 1991, and again in 2007. Each of the syntaxes has its virtues, but they force design decisions on people…
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| Feb 15, 2016 | A bit of background for the unified C++ call proposal by ingve | 124 | 41 |
