...one of the most highly
regarded and expertly designed C++ library projects in the
world.
— Herb Sutter and Andrei
Alexandrescu, C++
Coding Standards
An improved std::min
function could be written like this:
template <class T, class U> typename common_type<T, U>::type min(T t, U u) { return t < u ? t : u; }
And now expressions such as:
min(1, 2.0)
will actually compile and return the correct type!