Re: [boost] Re: copy_if

From: Bjarne Stroustrup (bs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-01-10 09:13:22

> From: "John E. Potter" <jpotter_at_[hidden]> write:
> 
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Bjarne Stroustrup wrote:
> 
> > To the best of my knowledge, this is what was mistakenly removed from the 
> > original STL:
> > 
> > template<class In, class Out, class Pred>
> > Out copy_if(In first, In last, Out res, Pred p)
> > {
> > 	while (first != last) {
> > 		if (p(*first)) *res++ = *first;
> > 		++first;
> > 	}
> > 	return res;
> > }
> 
> Just as a point of reference, the 31 October 1995 HP documentation
> does not contain copy_if.  Copy and copy_backwards only.
> 
> John
> 

Yes. Versions of the STL existed before Alex and meng issued that document.
> 
> 
> 

        - Bjarne
Bjarne Stroustrup, http://www.research.att.com/~bs