João Abecasis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> As for Effects and Returns clauses, I think
>> http://www.boost.org/libs/iterator/doc/iterator_facade.html#iterator-facade-operations
>> came out pretty nicely.
>
> I actually find this list somewhat unreadable. For one, what grabs my 
> attention first are the "Effects" or "Returns" clauses and it is not 
> immediately obvious what they relate to, if the signature preceding or 
> the one after.

I agree.  I was talking about the clauses in isolation, not w.r.t. the
signatures above them.

> Going down a bit in the same page, the signatures for function templates 
> signatures are more indented than the "Effects/Returns" clauses which 
> also doesn't help.

True, but that's what they do in the standard (great excuse, eh?)

> I think the function declarations should be given some more emphasis and 
> their readability could be improved.
>
> Unfortunately, I am not sure how this would be better accomplished. 
> Perhaps some more line breaks and indentation, together with syntax 
> highlighting would aid on the readability side. Whitespace, larger 
> fontsizes or different background colors, for example, could help on the 
> emphasis side.

<HR> might help, I think :)

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com



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