Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Cpp-netlib Comments

[Matt T. <mat...@gm...>]

>> Why not do
>>       if ( ! boost::iequals(parts.scheme.substr(0, 5), "https") )
>> instead of
>>       if ( not boost::iequals(parts.scheme.substr(0, 5), "https") )
>
> I prefer the second way- it's more expressive and it's standards-compliant.  This is a bug in the Microsoft compiler.

Dean's right, it's a matter of taste; I prefer it the first way.  :)

IMO, it's no less expressive and that use is far more common - and
better understood - in the C++ domain.