Re: [boost] Re: Date iterators in Boost Date-Time

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-18 12:18:10

how about  "span" ?

At Monday 2003-08-18 02:43, you wrote:
>Guillaume Melquiond <gmelquio_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>| In the case of a 1-dimension space, connected and convex set are
>| equals: they are segments (or half-line or line or empty). Date
>| manipulated by the date-time library are in a 1-dimension space (the
>| real line) and periods are segments (non-empty bounded convex
>| sets). So when you have two periods, the smallest period enclosing
>| these two is also the convex hull of them. Hence the name I  suggested.
>
>that is fine for some mathematically oriented mind.  However, it is a
>terrible name.
>
>-- Gaby
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