Re: [boost] iterator_adaptors

From: Herve Bronnimann (hbr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-19 01:21:41

David, Jeremy, Thomas (and Anthony):

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:58:19AM -0500, David Abrahams wrote:
> Anthony Williams <anthony.williamsNOSPAM_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > Back in September (or maybe early October) David Abrahams said that he and
> > Jeremy Siek were planning to have a look at creating a new iterator adaptor
> > framework at the C++ Standards meeting in Santa Cruz.
> >
> > I was just wondering if they managed to find the time, and if so, when we
> > might get our hands on the code.
> 
> We're working on it. There's something in the boost sandbox at
> boost/iterator/* and libs/iterator/*. However, Thomas Witt has
> proposed some major revisions which I find to be mostly very
> attractive. We're still haggling over those.

Just because I posted something about a new iterator adaptor, and I
happened to take a look at the boost sandbox, that David was referring
me to, I'd like to ask: is what is in the sandbox intended to replace or
to complement the current <boost/iterator_adaptors.hpp>? 

The reason I am asking is that a brief reading failed to point out how
what's in the sandbox provides reverse_iterator_adaptor<Iterator>, and
all the existing ones. So am I correct in assuming that the code in the
sandbox is intended to replace some/all the machinery (first 700 lines
or so) of the current <boost/iterator_adaptors.hpp>? that it's internal
to the implementation of the adaptors? and that we'll be able to use in
the future the iterator adaptors unchanged in syntax and semantic?

Just-wondering'ly yours,
-- 
Herve'