Re: [boost] Statistics code example

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-12 20:15:41

"Neal D. Becker" <nbecker_at_[hidden]> writes:

> The most promising IMHO is cycle_iterator, which is an adaptor submitted by 
> Gennadiy Rozental.  I believe this is almost ready for a real boost 
> submission.  Last we left it, there were some questions of the semantics of 
> the "distance" between iterators.  In any case, the "distance" between 
> iterators in a cyclic buffer is fuzzy.

A cyclic buffer can never be full, because full is the same as empty
(begin == end).  Therefore, it can always be re-mapped into an
equivalent vector by moving all the initial non-empty elements to the
back, and distance is perfectly well-defined.

Where's the fuzziness?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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