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Re: Nested Functions in C++
Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@synopsys.COM> writes:
[...]
| Consider a feature like the new use of "auto", championed by Bjarne
| himself.
If things go well, we may have to vote for inclusion in the working
paper in 6 months (the decltype part may have to wait another 6 months).
| There appear to be some details that have not yet been worked
| out, but maybe the best way to iron out the remaining issues is to have
| a trial implementation to play with.
|
| This is the one that lets you write
|
| func (std::multimap<std::string, std::string>& amap, std::string key) {
|
| auto iter_pair = amap.equal_range(key);
| ...
| }
|
| instead of
|
| func (std::multimap<std::string, std::string>& amap, std::string key) {
|
| std::pair<std::multimap<std::string, std::string>::iterator,
| std::multimap<std::string, std::string>::iterator>
| iter_pair = amap.equal_range(key);
| ...
| }
|
| I want that! I wanted it years ago.
And it was implemented in Cfront as early as 1983; it was removed, when
some users considered it to be going too far. Seems like we're back
to the future :-)
-- Gaby