Re: [boost] Re: suggestion for iterator consistency predicates

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-06-13 22:23:28

From: "Matthew Wilson" <mwilson_at_[hidden]>

> If you disagree with Scott, please read Item 2 thoroughly to hear his
> reasons... I'm not making a judgement on your suggestion, merely point
> out that if your intention was to allow this kind of programming, then
> it may not be the best thing to provide support for.

I've successfully used container traits to write a generic exception-safety
test. Yes, the containers are unfortunately highly non-uniform, but you can
eventually smooth out some of these differences using traits. I think it's
just a matter of capturing the right information in the traits.

-Dave