Re: [boost] Re: iterator ranges; eliminating private member functions

From: brangdon_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-11-21 15:47:12

In-Reply-To: <9so4et+loi7_at_[hidden]>
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 09:23:41 -0000 Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden]) wrote:
> There are two problems, good solutions for which I'm yet to hear:
> [name clashes between sequence and iterator versions]

I guess we have to put the sequence algorithms into their own namespace.

> 2. What will you do about mutating algorithms?
> [Binding temporaries to non-const references]

In my view, sequence objects should be mutable in much the same way that 
iterators are mutable. They should not be passed by reference. Then there 
is no problem with temporaries.

I would no more write:

    sort( Sequence &s );

then I would write:

    sort( iterator &first, iterator &last );

-- Dave Harris