"Edward Diener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:aqnhte$mml$1@;main.gmane.org... > "Jeremy Siek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:Pine.GSO.4.44.0211102333330.4424-100000@;zaphod.osl.iu.edu... > > Hi Edward, > > > > On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Edward Diener wrote: > > eddiel> OK, here are some questions regarding the property map library; > > eddiel> > > eddiel> 1) What is a property map ? Is it a template class, a class, a > > eddiel> template function, a function ? > > > > It is a "concept", as the term is used in the SGI STL docs: > > http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/stl_introduction.html > > It has to do with specifying the contract between generic algorithms > > (function templates) and the user of such algorithms. > > I am aware of your defintion of "concept" from Matt Austern's fine book. But > concepts imply implementations. >
I am a frequent listener here and it is quite uncommon to see such offensive language. I wonder how you can "demand" better documentation from the library author who had in spare time crafted a library good enough to be included in boost. -Ani _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
