Re: [boost] [accumulators] why not operator+=?

Subject: Re: [boost] [accumulators] why not operator+=?
From: Alan Patterson (alan.patterson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-02 06:49:07

John Phillips wrote:
> Eric Niebler wrote:
>> Neal Becker wrote:
>>> A nit perhaps, but why not overload += to process samples?
>>>
>>
>> Would that be horribly misleading if the accumulator set isn't 
>> actually doing addition? I'm happy with the function-style interface.
>>
>
>   Just personal preference, but I also prefer the function style 
> interface. A += interface would imply addition to me, whether it is 
> what is really happening or not.
>
>             John
>
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Doesn't a += interface make an accumulate interface like:

std::accumulate(data.begin(), data.end(), acc);

more appealing than :

std::for_each(data.begin(), data.end(), acc);

Alan