> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Sebor [mailto:msebor@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Martin Sebor
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:11 PM
> To: dev@stdcxx.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Some internal aliases for __rw_integral_constant?
> 
> Eric Lemings wrote:
> >  
> > Propose adding the following defs (or something similar) to
> > <rw/_meta_help.h> primarily for our own convenience:
> >  
> > template <bool _Bool>
> > class __rw_bool_const: public __rw_integral_constant<bool, 
> _Bool> {};
> 
> I was going to suggest the same thing this morning when I noticed
> how pervasive __rw_integral_constant<bool, _Bool> seems to be in
> traits definitions (I count 41 occurrences) and thinking that it
> would make them less verbose. (With a different spelling of _Bool
> to avoid potential clashes with the C99 name.)

Good point.

> 
> I didn't because the only beneficiaries of the change would be us
> (a fairly small notational convenience) and I wasn't sure the cost
> in terms of the added complexity and compilation time was worth it.
> I contemplated suggesting a macro for the same purpose instead but
> decided against it on the assumption that it probably wouldn't be
> very popular ;-) But now that the cat's out of the bag and you're
> asking about alternatives let me throw it out there:
> 
> #define _RWSTD_BOOL_CONST(B) _RW::__rw_integral_constant<bool, B>
> 
> Usage:
> 
>       _RW::__rw_bool_const<bool, false>
>    vs
>      _RWSTD_BOOL_CONST (false)
> 

Looks good to me.  I'll just add _RWSTD_BOOL_CONST for now.

Brad.