[boost] Re: Thoughts on partial_random_shuffle

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-17 08:00:46

Ross MacGregor wrote:

> 
> David Abrahams wrote:
> 
>> Ross MacGregor <ross__macgregor_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> Paul, you are right. I should change the parameter names to (begin,
>>> shuffle_end, end). This matches the specification for partial sort and
>>
>>
>> I don't think so...
> 
> 
> You are right, I will fix that.
> 
> Now the logical place to put this would be <boost/algorithm> wouldn't 
> it? I was hoping to simply append this to an existing boost library, but 
> it looks like it would require a new one.
> 
> Would anyone be against having an algorithm library, especially one that 
> had only one algorithm for now? 

Not I.

> Are there really no other useful 
> algorithms that the STL missed?

There are.  See boost/detail/binary_search.hpp.  That'll be fixed in the 
  TR, but in the meantime you may need it to get around some compilers' 
concept checks.

-Dave