Re: [boost] Iterator adaptor question

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-06 19:31:08

At 03:06 PM 8/6/2003, Thomas Witt wrote:

 >The whole point in adapting is that you modify some but not all
 >behaviour/interface of a thing. Ther is nothing a pair provides that can
 >be reused so adaption is pointless.
 >
 >That's why the new version provides iterator_facade and
 >iterator_adaptor. iterator_facade helps with implementing iterators,
 >iterator_adaptor is for adapting iterator like types.

I found this separation of usages into iterator_facade and iterator_adaptor 
to be a vast improvement, FWIW. It seems to have resolved all the 
frustrations I felt with the old interface.

--Beman