Re: [boost] Submission: typelist

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-11 07:34:41

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Rodgers" <mark.rodgers_at_[hidden]>

> Yes it does, but I'm not sure why because it also has size.  I suspect
> it was left in by mistake after the STL interface was retrofitted to the
> string proposal.

length and a bunch of other functions were left in intentionally for
backwards-compatibility with code written to a pre-STL draft of the
standard. That's why we have the nice, streamlined string interface we all
know and love ;-)

-Dave