[boost] Re: Views a.k.a. container_adaptors released to sandbox

From: Roland Richter (roland_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-10 01:22:20

> 
> Does this mean a view is mutable?  For example, using Boost.View,
> can I write a bounded<std::list> that automatically drops the
> last element on push_front if size() is at some upper limit value
> before adding the new element?  This is the sort of thing I

No. A view is not mutable; sometimes the underlying data is.
Methods for inserting and removing elements, however, are typically
*not* part of a view's interface.

- Roland