RE: [boost] Most needed/desired features in C++

From: Herb Sutter (hsutter_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-19 01:09:06

Maybe, though note that it doesn't solve this issue because "const_iterator"
isn't "const iterator".

Herb

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wyss, Felix [mailto:felixw_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: February 19, 2002 12:42 AM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: RE: [boost] Most needed/desired features in C++
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> What about allowing to qualify "auto" further, such as:
>
>   for( const auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it )
>
> If we assume that "auto" corresponds to "typeof( <rhs> )", then the
> above should fit nicely.
>
> Felix
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herb Sutter [mailto:hsutter_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 00:35
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: RE: [boost] Most needed/desired features in C++
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>
>
> > Or how about allowing
> >
> > std::vector< ...complex sub-types, ... > v;
> > for( v::const_iterator it = v.begin(); it != v.end() ++it)
>
> Wouldn't the "auto" proposal (almost) do that?
>
>   for( auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it )
>
> In this case it becomes an iterator, not a const_iterator, though. Is that a
> big deal, or is "auto" alone sufficient to cover most of the desired
> functionality?
>
> Herb
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