[Patch] Document pitfalls of two-stage name lookup, next revision

Gabriel Dos Reis gdr@integrable-solutions.net
Fri Feb 7 14:38:00 GMT 2003


Richard Sandiford <rsandifo@redhat.com> writes:

| Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> writes:
| > Just ditch the footnote and use the standard terminology ("dependent
| > name") in the main course of the document.
| 
| I agree with Wolfgang that "dependent name" is going to be confusing
| to many of the target audience (including me ;) without a footnote
| explaining the term.  It may be the accepted terminology, but I'm
| sure I'm not the only one who'd wonder "dependent on what?".

The poiint I raised in my previous message is that "template
dependent" is at least equally confusing.

As to the question "dependent on what?", the answer is "dependent on
template parameters".

-- Gaby



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