Re: [boost] discrete_set class

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-28 11:45:11

if you have a completely compile time "set" with a universe of at most 256 
elements, by all means provide it here... I'm sure we could figure out some 
nifty things to do with it.
At Tuesday 2002/08/27 16:11, you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "spamjunk" <spamjunk_at_[hidden]>
>
>
> > They aren't always known at compile-time.  You can create sets dynamically
> > at run-time, using the constructor.  What SetOf allows you to do is, if all
> > the elements are compile-time constants, create the entire set as a
> > compile-time constant.  You could use the same argument for SetOf, but it
> > would still have to be "converted" to an actual set of bits before
> > interacting with other sets, so you wouldn't actually be saving anything.
>
>No, on the contrary, you can use expression templates to make static
>sets interact with each other. I have an implementation that can
>conceptually hold 256 elements, can do all the set operations (i.e
>negation, union, intersection, difference and xor). I was hoping your
>set would be like this.
>
>--Joel
>
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