Re: [boost] Re: Adding Loki to Boost (reprise)

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-04-10 15:47:59

From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> I'm sorry, but I think you're confusing facts with judgement. Let's try
> for something a little less subjective. Iteration in the classic sense
> is, in fact, impossible. There is no such thing as mutable state, so you
> can't make a loop counter.

Why does the draft documentation feature a "mutating algorithms" section
then? Or is it out of date?

Part of the problem with understanding MPL is that it changes so rapidly.
There wasn't a fold() last time I looked. ;-)