Andrei Alexandrescu:
> I'm not an expert on C++ lambdas. How are they overly general?

I'm sure I know C++ lambdas less than you. This is a link I have shown here few days ago:

http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2008/10/28/lambdas-auto-and-static-assert-c-0x-features-in-vc10-part-1.aspx

Just the length of that page alone shows it's an over-engineered mess :-)

Bye,
bearophile

bearophile wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>> I'm not an expert on C++ lambdas. How are they overly general?
> 
> I'm sure I know C++ lambdas less than you. This is a link I have shown here few days ago:
> 
> http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2008/10/28/lambdas-auto-and-static-assert-c-0x-features-in-vc10-part-1.aspx
> 
> Just the length of that page alone shows it's an over-engineered mess :-)
> 
> Bye,
> bearophile

That's compounded by STL's verbosity. Good, thorough, but a bit long winded, when it comes to explaining.

By "STL", I am, of course, referring to Stephen T. Lavavej.