Re: [boost] Re: Tuples Library Formal Review

From: John Max Skaller (skaller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-06-19 17:36:39

Peter Dimov wrote:
> 
> From: <jaakko.jarvi_at_[hidden]>
> 
> > > - Should indexing from 0 to n-1 be supported? Isn't 0-based indexing
> > > more intuitive in C++?
> 
> > This is a matter of taste. Others?
> 
> Zero-based indexing is usually more intuitive, however, when tuple is used
> as a building block for a bind/lambda library, the arguments are one-based.
> 
> FWIW, I made the same decision (one-based "tuples") in bind.hpp (in the
> vault.)

I used 1 indexing in Felix, but just changed it to 0 based.
A tuple of elements of the same type is an array.
The convention in mathematics is 1 origin, in C it is 0 origin.
I personally prefer 1 origin, but I also dislike inconsistencies.

        :-)

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