[boost] Re: container traits naming

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-06 22:40:39

"Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi All,
>
> folowwing the discussion regarding the implementation of the container
> traits, I have know reimplemented
> everything from scratch using partial template specialization were
> avaliable. Also, (and most importantly) the
> traits have been refactered into single traits instead of monolithic traits.

Thanks!  

Was it uncomfortable?  Easy?  Messy?

> I 'm considering to change the naming of the traits and need some advise.
> Currently they are called:
>
> container_iterator<C>::type
> container_const_iterator<C>::type
>
> I leaning towards this instead
>
> iterator<C>::type
> const_iterator<C>::type
>
> which seems much more elegant. My fear was clashing with names like
> std::iterator, but shouldn't this be solved by full
> qualification boost::iterator. Any thoughts?

We already have a boost::iterator; see boost/iterator.hpp.

I suggest a nested namespace, e.g.

boost::containers::iterator<C>::type
boost::containers::const_iterator<C>::type

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