[boost] Re: [string algo formal review]

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-29 21:27:45

"David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:uu15r5z80.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
> "Thorsten Ottosen" <nesotto_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> >> This container type is a burden which has to be taken everywhere. While
currently,
> >> if an algorithm needs to use iterator_range, it can be parametric only
in regards,
> >> to an iterator, basic_substring needs also a container.
> >
> > there not much difference; a container can exist without an iterator;
the
> > converse is not true.
>
> Wha???
>         int x[] = {1, 2, 3};
>         int* iterator = x;

then you could think of the array as the container. Anyway, it doesn't hold
for something like
counting_iterator, but they are not quite relevant in a string library, are
they?

-Thorsten.