Re: [boost] Boost.Algorithms request

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Algorithms request
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-09 18:45:14

On Oct 9, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Joshua Juran wrote:

> On Oct 9, 2011, at 5:28 AM, Zoltán Tóth wrote:
> 
>> I ask to change the name of function is_ordered(). The "is_" prefix
>> suggests that it is a boolean function which it is not. Also, there
>> are other functions there with prefix "is_" and which are boolean
>> functions, and this non-uniformity hurts the eye. I suggest the name
>> "first_misordered".
> 
> Another possible name is "first_out_of_order".  I'm not sure I like it better, but maybe someone else does.

I think the consensus is that if we change the name, it should be changed to "is_sorted_until", which is what the C++11 standard uses.

-- Marshall

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