Re: [boost] Re: Separate iterator operators from iterator traits?

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-26 18:57:50

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>
> Neither "iteratible" nor "iteratable" are words. Webster's Revised
> Unabridged Dictionary says the correct word is "iterable".
>
> http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=iterable

I think the problem with "iterable" is that it means something different
from what we mean to denote. It would be better to choose a "word" that has
come into common usage and means what we intend, than to choose one that's
officially sanctioned by Webster's but means something else.

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