[boost] Re: Concepts web pages

From: Vincent Finn (vincent_finn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-11 04:28:07

Kevin S. Van Horn wrote:
> Does anyone know of web pages that give *accurate* descriptions of the 
> concepts used in the C++ Standard Library (e.g., Input Iterator, etc.)?  
> The SGI STL web pages won't do, as the information they give is wrong -- 
> it does not match what the Standard says.  For example, the Standard does 
> not require Input Iterators to be default constructible, whereas the the 
> SGI STL web site gives default constructibility as a requirement 
> (indirectly, through TrivialIterator).  I already have a copy of the 
> Standard; what I'm looking for is some nice web pages defining the 
> concepts, so that I can use them in the generic programming class I'm 
> teaching and in online documentation of my own.

No web pages that I know of but
"Generic Programming and the STL" by Austern
does a reasonable job if a book will do !

        Vin